Robert Hay (bishop of Tasmania)

Robert Snowdon Hay (1867–1943) was the Bishop of Tasmania[1] from 1919 until 1943.[2]

He was educated at Bishop Barrington School and Durham University and ordained in 1894. He then held curacies at Leadgate and South Hylton before emigrating to Australia.[3] He was Rector of Laidley, Queensland then Bundaberg and Warwick. Later he was Dean of Hobart[4] before being ordained to the episcopate.[5] He died on 3 February 1943[6] and there is a memorial to him at Launceston Grammar School.[7]

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Reginald Stephen		 Bishop of Tasmania
1919 –1943 		Succeeded by
Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick

References

  1. ↑ Archives Office of Tasmania
  2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  3. ↑ Rootsweb
  4. ↑ Australian Newspaper Archive
  5. ↑ Tasmanian Anglican
  6. ↑ "Obituary: Dr R.S. Hay", The Times, 4 February 1943, p.7
  7. ↑ eHeritage


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