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British Anglican bishop (1???-1962)

The Rt Rev Percival William Stephenson was the 6th Anglican bishop of Nelson whose episcopate spanned a 14-year period in the mid-20th century.

Family

The son of Arthur Henry Stephenson (1867-1955), and Annie Amelia Vevers Stephenson (1865-1903), née Brailey, Percival William Stephenson was born at Malmsbury, Victoria on 5 May 1888.

He married Grace Ermyntrude Lavender (1885-1974) on 9 October 1913. They three children, Millicent Lavender Stephenson (1914-), Arthur Lavender Stephenson (1917-2001), and Noel Lavender Stephenson (1920-). Percival Stephenson died in 1962.

Education

He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne, where he was an outstanding footballer in the school's First XVIII, the University of Melbourne, the Australian College of Theology, and the University of London.

Cleric

He was ordained in 1914.

Academic

He moved to India to teach at CMS Edwards College in Peshawar, where he was initially a teacher and then principal (1921–1924). From 1924 to 1928 he was professor of exegetical theology at St John's College, Winnipeg.

On his return to Australia he became federal secretary of the Church Missionary Society of Australia and Tasmania and headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, Sydney (1935–37) and then commonwealth secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society until his elevation to the episcopate in 1940.

Death

He died on 29 May 1962.

See also

Notes

  1. "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. Deaths: Stephenson, The Argus, (Saturday, 18 June 1955), p.13.
  3. Marriages: Stephenson—Brailey, The Age, (Saturday, 2 July 1887), p.5.
  4. Births: Lavender, The Australasian, (Saturday, 16 May 1885), p.3.
  5. Stephenson—Lavender, The Argus, (Saturday, 29 November 1913), p.11.
  6. Birth: Stephenson, The Bendigonian, (Tuesday, 25 August 1914), p.7.
  7. Births: Stephenson, The Bendigo Advertiser, (Tuesday, 20 November 1917), p.4.
  8. Webber (1981), p.316.
  9. Wilkinson (1997), p.39.
  10. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  11. "Archives: Head Masters". Trinity Grammar School. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  12. School web site
  13. News of death

References

  • Cole, Keith, Sincerity My Guide: A Biography of the Right Reverend P.W. Stephenson (1888-1962), Church Missionary Historical Publications Trust, (Melbourne), 1970.
  • Webber, Horace (1981). Years May Pass On... Caulfield Grammar School, 1881–1981. Centenary Committee, Caulfield Grammar School, (East St Kilda). ISBN 0-9594242-0-2.
  • Wilkinson, Ian R. (1997). The Fields At Play – 115 years of sport at Caulfield Grammar School 1881–1996. Playright Publishing. ISBN 0-949853-60-7.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded byWilliam George Hilliard Bishop of Nelson
1940–1954 		Succeeded byFrancis Oag Hulme-Moir
Anglican Bishops of Nelson
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