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Ronald Richards (bishop)

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Ronald Edwin Richards (25 October 1908 - 18 November 1994) was an Australian Anglican bishop: the fifth Bishop of Bendigo from 1957 to 1974.[1]

Richards was born in Ballarat and educated at Ballarat High School. In 1929 he entered the University of Melbourne studying Arts, and was a resident student at Trinity College.[2] He was ordained in 1933.[3] After a curacy in Rokewood he was priest in charge at Lismore. During World War II he was a chaplain in the AIF.[4] When peace returned he was Vicar of Warrnambool then Archdeacon of Ballarat until his ordination to the episcopate.

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  1. ^ NLA
  2. ^ "Salvete", The Fleur-de-Lys, no. 29 (Oct. 1929): 8.
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1959-1960 p 82
  4. ^ Veteran Certificate