Ronald Clive Kerle (28 December 19155 April 1997) was an Australian Anglican

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. Kerle was educated at the

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and

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in 1939. His first positions were curacies at St Paul's Sydney and St Anne's

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. He then held incumbencies in Kangaroo Valley and Port Kembla. Later he was

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of the

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branch of the

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and then

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of Cumberland. From 1956 to 1965 he was Bishop Co-adjutor of SydneySydney Diocesan Secretariat
/ref> when he became Bishop of Armidale, a position he held for 11 years. His final position until his retirement in 1982 was as

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of St Swithun's

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1915 births University of Sydney alumni Anglican archdeacons in Australia 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia Anglican bishops of Armidale 1997 deaths {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub