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]
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| Preceded by Reginald Stephen |
Bishop of Tasmania 1919 –1943 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick |
References
- ↑ Archives Office of Tasmania
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ↑ Rootsweb
- ↑ Australian Newspaper Archive
- ↑ Tasmanian Anglican
- ↑ "Obituary: Dr R.S. Hay", The Times, 4 February 1943, p.7
- ↑ eHeritage
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