Reginald Stephen (9 December 1860 - 7 July 1956) was the

Anglican Bishop of Tasmania The Bishop of Tasmania is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania, Australia. List of Bishops of Tasmania John Vernon Kestell Cornish (13 October 193126 January 1982) was consecrated 19 May 1979 at St George's Cathed ...

from 1914 until 1919 and then the Bishop of Newcastle (

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) from 1919 until his retirement in 1928. Stephen was educated at

Geelong Church of England Grammar School , motto_translation = 1 Corinthians 1:30: "For us, Christ was made wisdom"( 1 Corinthians 1:30: Christ, who has been made for us in wisdom) , city = Corio, Victoria , country = Australia , coordinates = , ...

and entered

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, at the

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in 1878. He was

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deacon in 1883 and priest in 1884 and was a

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and

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before becoming

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of Trinity College and then the

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St John's Theological College, Melbourne St John's Theological College, Melbourne was an Australian educational institution in Melbourne, established in 1906 and closed in 1919. It trained candidates for ordination in the Church of England in Australia. History The college took over bui ...

(1906-1914). From 1894–1899, Stephen was vicar at

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and was

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from 1910 until his elevation to the

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. He retired to Melbourne in 1928, where he died on 7 July 1956 at Kew, aged 95. His funeral service was conducted by Archbishop Booth at St Paul's Cathedral on 9 July.Bishop Dies Aged 95
, ''The Argus'', 9 July 1956, p. 9.

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1860 births People educated at Geelong Grammar School People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) University of Melbourne alumni Anglican bishops of Tasmania Anglican bishops of Newcastle (Australia) 1956 deaths Deans of Melbourne 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub