Jack Stretch

John Francis "Jack" Stretch (28 January 1855–19 April 1919^[1]) was an Anglican bishop in the last decades of the 19th century and the first two of the 20th.^[2]

Stretch was educated at Trinity College, Melbourne.^[3] Ordained in 1878 he began his ordained ministry as a curate in Geelong. In 1881 he became Vicar of Brighton, Victoria^[1] then four years later of Fitzroy. Appointed to be Dean of Ballarat in 1894, in 1906 he became the Bishop of Newcastle in New South Wales.^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ADB entry
^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
^ Personal papers of son
^ Diocesan history

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Name	Stretch, Jack
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Date of birth	28 January 1855
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Date of death	19 April 1919
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