Ronald Richards

Ronald Edwin Richards (25 October 1908 - 18 November 1994) was an Australian Anglican bishop: the fifth Bishop of Bendigo from 1957 to 1974.^[1]

Richards was born in Ballarat and educated at Ballarat High School and the University of Melbourne. He was ordained in 1933.^[2] After a curacy in Rokewood he was priest in charge at Lismore. During World War Two he was a chaplain in the AIF.^[3] When peace returned he was Vicar of Warrnambool then Archdeacon of Ballarat until his ordination to the episcopate.

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Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Charles Lawrence Riley	Bishop of Bendigo 1957– 1974	Succeeded by Oliver Heyward

Bishops of Bendigo

Henry Langley John Langley Donald Baker Charles Riley Ronald Richards Oliver Heyward Ben Wright David Bowden Andrew Curnow

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Sydney Armidale Bathurst Canberra & Goulburn Grafton Newcastle Riverina

Assistant bishops	Sydney (Western Sydney, Wollongong, South Sydney, Northern Region, Georges River) Bathurst Canberra & Goulburn Newcastle

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Melbourne Ballarat Bendigo Gippsland Wangaratta

Assistant bishops	Melbourne (Southern, North West, Eastern)

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Brisbane North Queensland Rockhampton Northern Territory

Assistant bishops	Brisbane (Western, Northern, Southern) North Queensland

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Perth Bunbury North West Australia

Assistant bishops	Perth (Eastern and Rural, Northern, Southern)

Diocesan bishops	Archbishop of Adelaide Willochra The Murray

Extra-provincial

Diocesan bishops	Tasmania

Missioner bishops	Stewardship Projects and Training