Jack Stretch

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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 born at Geelong, Victoria, Australia and educated at Geelong Church of England Grammar School and 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 and Dean of Newcastle in 1900, in 1906 he was elevated to the episcopy as the Bishop of Newcastle in New South Wales.^[4]

He retired in 1919 and died at Killara, Sydney, survived by his two daughters and four sons. Two of his sons, John Carlos William and Cliffe Maurice Osmond, were also Anglican clergymen. He was buried in Sandgate cemetery, Newcastle.

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 ADB entry
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Personal papers of son
↑ Diocesan history

"Stretch, John Francis (Jack) (1855–1919)". Australia Dictionary of Biography. Retrieved 2012-12-25.

v t e Bishops of Newcastle (Australia)

William Tyrrell Josiah Pearson George Stanton Jack Stretch Reginald Stephen George Long De Witt Batty James Housden Ian Shevill Alfred Holland Roger Herft Brian Farran

v t e Deans of Newcastle (Australia)

Arthur Selwyn Jack Stretch Cyril Golding-Bird Henry Archdall Horace Crotty William Johnson Thomas Armour Arthur Morris Norman Blow William Hardie John Falkingham Robert Beal Graeme Lawrence James Rigney Stephen Williams

Persondata
Name	Stretch, John Francis
Alternative names	Stretch, Jack
Short description	Bishop of Newcastle (Australia)
Date of birth	28 January 1855
Place of birth	Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Date of death	19 April 1919
Place of death	Killara, Sydney, Australia

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