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Robert Hay (Bishop of Tasmania))
Robert Snowdon Hay (1867–1943) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania [1] from 1919 until 1943. [2]
He was educated at Bishop Barrington School and Hatfield College, Durham [3] and ordained in 1894. He then held curacies at Leadgate and South Hylton before emigrating to Australia. [4] He was Rector of Laidley, Queensland then Bundaberg and Warwick. Later he was Dean of Hobart [5] before being ordained to the episcopate. [6] He died on 3 February 1943 [7] and there is a memorial to him at Launceston Grammar School. [8]
References
- ^ Archives Office of Tasmania
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ "Durham University calendar 1936-7". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Rootsweb
- ^ Australian Newspaper Archive
- ^ Tasmanian Anglican
- ^ "Obituary: Dr R.S. Hay", The Times, 4 February 1943, p.7
- ^ eHeritage
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