The Rt Rev Percival William Stephenson was the 6th

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bishop of Nelson whose

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spanned a 14-year period in the mid-20th century.

Family

The son of Arthur Henry Stephenson (1867-1955), and Annie Amelia Vevers Stephenson (1865-1903), née Brailey, Percival William Stephenson was born at

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on 5 May 1888. He married Grace Ermyntrude Lavender (1885-1974) on 9 October 1913. They three children, Millicent Lavender Stephenson (1914-), Arthur Lavender Stephenson (1917-2001), and Noel Lavender Stephenson (1920-). Percival Stephenson died in 1962.

Education

He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne, where he was an outstanding footballer in the school's First XVIII, the

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, the

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, and the

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. * 1912: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) — University of Melbourne. * 1913: Licentiate of Theology (L.Th.) — Australian College of Theology. * 1915: Bachelor of Arts (M.A.) — University of Melbourne. * 1917: Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.) — University of London.

Cleric

He was ordained in 1914.

Academic

He moved to India to teach at

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Edwards College in

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, where he was initially a teacher and then principal (1921–1924). From 1924 to 1928 he was

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of exegetical theology at St John's College, Winnipeg. On his return to Australia he became federal secretary of the

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of Australia and Tasmania and

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of Trinity Grammar School, Sydney (1935–37) and then commonwealth secretary of the

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until his elevation to the

in 1940.

Death

He died on 29 May 1962.News of death
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Notes

References

* Cole, Keith, ''Sincerity My Guide: A Biography of the Right Reverend P.W. Stephenson (1888-1962)'', Church Missionary Historical Publications Trust, (Melbourne), 1970. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stephenson, Percival William 1888 births People educated at Caulfield Grammar School University of Melbourne alumni Academic staff of the University of Manitoba Anglican bishops of Nelson 20th-century Anglican bishops in New Zealand 1960 deaths Alumni of the University of London Australian headmasters Heads of schools in New South Wales