Ron Stone (bishop)

Ronald Francis Ron Stone AM[1] (born 10 September 1938) is a retired Australian bishop. He was the 10th Bishop of Rockhampton in the Anglican Church of Australia from 1996 to 2003.

Stone was educated at Taylors College, Melbourne and ordained in 1963.[2] His first post was as a curate at Junee, after which he was priest in charge of Kameruka. He was rector of Kerang and then the Archdeacon of Bendigo.[3] He was ordained to the episcopate as an assistant bishop in Tasmania before becoming Bishop of Rockhampton in 1996;[4] he was installed there on 13 December 1996.[5] He retired from this position in 2003. He is married to Lisbeth Stone.[6]

References
  1. Investiture Archived 2009-05-19 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Crockford's clerical directory (Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X)
  3. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  4. Anglican Archives Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
  5. https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/ANG.0412.001.0202.pdf
  6. Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000


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