Ron Stone (bishop)

Ronald Francis "Ron" Stone AM[1] (born 10 September 1938) was the tenth Bishop of Rockhampton in the Anglican Church of Australia from 1996 to 2003.

Stone was educated at Taylors College, Melbourne and ordained in 1963.[2] His first post was as a curate at Junee, after which he was priest in charge of Kameruka. He was rector of Kerang and then the Archdeacon of Bendigo.[3] He was ordained to the episcopate as an assistant bishop in Tasmania before becoming Bishop of Rockhampton in 1996.[4] He retired from this position in 2003 and is currently the vicar-general in the Diocese of Bendigo. He is married to Lisbeth Stone.[5]

References

  1. ^ Investiture
  2. ^ Crockford's clerical directory (Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0108153674)
  3. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
  4. ^ Anglican Archives
  5. ^ Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
George Hearn		 Bishop of Rockhampton
1996–2003		 Succeeded by
Godfrey Fryar