Robert Hay (bishop of Tasmania)
Robert Snowdon Hay (1867–1943) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania[1] from 1919 until 1943.[2]
He was educated at Bishop Barrington School and Hatfield College, Durham[3] and ordained in 1894. He then held curacies at Leadgate and South Hylton before emigrating to Australia.[4] He was Rector of Laidley, Queensland then Bundaberg and Warwick. Later he was Dean of Hobart[5] before being ordained to the episcopate.[6] He died on 3 February 1943[7] and there is a memorial to him at Launceston Grammar School.[8]
References[edit]
- ^ Archives Office of Tasmania
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ "Durham University calendar 1936-7". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
- ^ Rootsweb
- ^ Australian Newspaper Archive
- ^ Tasmanian Anglican
- ^ "Obituary: Dr R.S. Hay", The Times, 4 February 1943, p.7
- ^ eHeritage
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