Reginald Stephen

Reginald Stephen (1860–1956[1]) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania from 1914 until 1919[2] and then the Bishop of Newcastle (New South Wales) from 1919 until his retirement in 1928.

Stephen was educated at Geelong Church of England Grammar School and Trinity College, Melbourne.[3] He was ordained in 1884 and was a curate and parish priest in Melbourne before becoming chaplain of Trinity College and then the warden of St John’s Theological College before being ordained to the episcopate).[4]

Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Edward Mercer
Bishop of Tasmania
1914 –1919
Succeeded by
Robert Snowdon Hay
Preceded by
John Francis Stretch
Bishop of Newcastle,NSW
1919 –1928
Succeeded by
George Merrick Long

References

  1. ^ Genealogical details
  2. ^ Crockford's clerical directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
  3. ^ Brief biography
  4. ^ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 071363457X