Robert Edward Davies (30 July 1913 – 17 May 2002) was the Anglican

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from 1963 to 1981. Educated at

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, he was

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in 1937 and began his career as an assistant priest at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, NSW. After

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service as a

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with

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and the

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he became

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of St John's College

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. After this he was

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, then

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1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 He became an

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and Warden of St John's Theological College, Morpeth in 1960 and three years later the

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diocesan bishop.

References

1913 births University of Queensland alumni Anglican archdeacons in Australia Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Newcastle (Australia) Anglican bishops of Tasmania Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 2002 deaths 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub