Quentin Bryce Order of St John of Jerusalem in 2003. In 2011, Elizabeth II invested Bryce as a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order at Government House. Bryce was appointed Governor of Queensland in 2003. Although concerns were raised by some over her time in the office, her five-year term was going to be extended until 2009. However, on 13 April 2008, it was announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd that Bryce was to become the next Governor-General of Australia. The decision was generally well-received and on 5 September 2008 Bryce was sworn in, succeeding Major General Michael Jeffery and becoming the
Jabez Bryce of Churches as the president of the Pacificregion. Bryce became the Archbishop and Co-presiding Bishop from 2006. In 2008, he became the Primate, or Tikanga Pasefika, of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. Bryce died on 11 February 2010, in Suva, Fiji, after a short illness. He was survived by his wife Tilisi and two children. Jabez Bryce Jabez Leslie Bryce (January 1935 – February 11, 2010) was a Tongan-born Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Polynesia in the Province of New Zealand, which includes most of the South Pacific. He served from 1975 until his