Robert Davies (bishop)

Robert Edward Davies CBE (30 July 1913 – 17 May 2002) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania from 1963 to 1981.[1][2]

Educated at Queensland University,[3] he was ordained in 1937 and began his career as an assistant priest at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, NSW. After World War II service as a chaplain with Toc H and the Royal Australian Air Force[4] he became Warden of St John's College Brisbane. After this he was Archdeacon of Canberra, then Wagga Wagga.[5] He became an assistant bishop of Newcastle and Warden of St John's Theological College, Morpeth in 1960 and three years later the Tasmanian diocesan bishop.

References
  1. National Library of Australia
  2. New Bishop of Tasmania The Times, Friday, Feb 15, 1963; pg. 8; Issue 55626; col B
  3. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. 454-459 Squadrons
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick		 Bishop of Tasmania
1963 –1981		 Succeeded by
Philip Newell


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