Peter Watson was the archbishop of the Anglican diocese of Melbourne. He was born in Sydney. He was ordained as a priest in Sydney in 1962 and consecrated as Bishop of Parramatta (in Sydney) in 1989 and became Bishop of South Sydney in 1993. In 2000 he was elected to succeed Keith Rayner, the retiring Archbishop of Melbourne, and was installed as archbishop on 14 May, 2000. He retired from this position in 2005.