Ronald Francis Ron Stone AM (born 10 September 1938) is a retired Australian bishop. He was the 10th Bishop of Rockhampton in the

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from 1996 to 2003. Stone was educated at

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and

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in 1963. His first post was as a

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, after which he was

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of Kameruka. He was

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and then the Archdeacon of Bendigo. He was ordained to the

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as an

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before becoming Bishop of Rockhampton in 1996; he was installed there on 13 December 1996. He retired from this position in 2003. He is married to Lisbeth Stone.Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
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