Ian Campbell Stuart (born 17 November 1942) is a retired bishop of the

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and the

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Biography

Stuart was born on 17 November 1942 to Campbell and Ruth Stuart (née Butcher). In 1970, he graduated the

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with a

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(BA) and

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(CertEd); and, in 1972, he became a

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(MACE). He married Megan Williams in 1976 (they went on to have three children together), gained a Diploma in Educational Administration (DipEdAdmin) from the

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in 1977 and served as Headmaster of Christchurch Grammar School, Melbourne, 1977–1984. While serving as Principal of Trinity Anglican School, Queensland (1984–1993), he trained for the priesthood at St Barnabas College, Adelaide (starting in 1984), and was ordained both

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and priest in 1985. He became a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Management (FAIM) in 1991 and gained a

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(MA) from Melbourne University. As an educator, he was Warden of St Mark's College, James Cook University (1993–1996) and then Principal of All Souls' and St Gabriel's School (1993–1998). Meanwhile, he served the

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, as an Archdeacon (1989–1992) before becoming an assistant bishop. He was consecrated as a bishop on 22 April 1992, by

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, to serve as Assistant Bishop of North Queensland, in which post he remained until 1998. In that post, he also served the diocese as Bishop Administrator (presumably in 1996 between the retirement of

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and the arrival of

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.) Stuart moved to the

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: his appointment to be Chaplain of

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and an

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in the

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was gazetted in February 1999. He remained Chaplain until 2001, when he became Provost of Hope Park and Director of Student ServicesFriends of Hope, Summer 2011
p. 4 (Accessed 26 April 2014) until 2005 (when the institutions gained full university status as Liverpool Hope University); from then until his January 2011 retirement, he served as an Assistant/ Pro-Vice Chancellor — Student Support & Well-being. Having retired from Hope and as an honorary assistant bishop, he has been given the honorary title Pro Vice-Chancellor Emeritus.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stuart, Ian 1942 births Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 21st-century Anglican bishops in Australia Living people Place of birth missing (living people)