Ronald Edwin Richards (25 October 1908 - 18 November 1994) was an Australian Anglican bishop: the fifth Bishop of Bendigo from 1957 to 1974. [1]
Richards was born in Ballarat and educated at Ballarat High School. In 1929 he entered the University of Melbourne studying Arts, and was a resident student at Trinity College. [2] He was ordained in 1933. [3] After a curacy in Rokewood he was priest in charge at Lismore. During World War II he was a chaplain in the AIF. [4] When peace returned he was Vicar of Warrnambool then Archdeacon of Ballarat until his ordination to the episcopate.
References
- ^ NLA
- ^ " Salvete", The Fleur-de-Lys, no. 29 (Oct. 1929): 8.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1959-1960 p 82
- ^ Veteran Certificate
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