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]

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Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
George Hearn
Bishop of Rockhampton
19962003
Succeeded by
Godfrey Fryar


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