William Hardie (bishop of Ballarat)

William Auchterlonie Hardie was the sixth Anglican Bishop of Ballarat from 1961 to 1975.^[1]^[2]

Hardie was born on 14 October 1904.^[3] He was educated at the University of Queensland and ordained in 1931. His first ministry position was as a curate at Holy Trinity, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, after which he was chaplain at the Southport School before becoming the rector of Holy Trinity, Woolloongabba, Queensland. He was then appointed Warden of St John’s College, Brisbane, after which he was Archdeacon of Moreton and then Dean of Newcastle where he remained until being appointed to the episcopate. He died on 31 January 1980.

References

↑ Consecration details
↑ Crockford's clerical directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X

Bishops of Ballarat

Samuel Thornton Arthur Green Maxwell Maxwell-Gumbleton Philip Crick William Johnson William Hardie John Hazlewood David Silk Michael Hough Garry Weatherill

Deans of Newcastle (Australia)

Arthur Selwyn Jack Stretch Cyril Golding-Bird Henry Archdall Horace Crotty William Johnson Thomas Armour Arthur Morris Norman Blow William Hardie John Falkingham Robert Beal Graeme Lawrence James Rigney Stephen Williams

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by William Johnson	Bishop of Ballarat 1961 – 1975	Succeeded by John Hazlewood

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