Ken Leslie

Ernest Kenneth "Ken" Leslie OBE was the Bishop of Bathurst during the second half of the 20th century.[1]
Born on 14 May 1911 and educated at Trinity Grammar School, Kew [2] and the University of Melbourne, he was ordained in 1935. His first post was as curate at Holy Trinity, Coburg after which he was Priest in charge at Tennant Creek. He then held incumbencies in Darwin and Alice Springs. He was Vice-Warden of St John’s College, Morpeth from 1947 to 1952 and then Chaplain of Geelong Grammar School until his ordination to the episcopate in 1959.
Known as “The Bishop” who walked he resigned his see in 1981 and died on 6 January 2010.[3]

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Arnold Lomas Wylde
Bishop of Bathurst
1959 –1981
Succeeded by
Howell Arthur John Witt

Notes

  1. ^ Crockford's clerical directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  3. ^ The Age