Ronald Richards

Last updated

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.

Related Research Articles

The Bishop of Derby is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Derby in the Province of Canterbury.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ballarat Football League</span>

The Ballarat Football League (BFL) is an Australian rules football competition that operates in the Ballarat region of Victoria, Australia.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne</span> Catholic ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Melbourne is a Latin Rite metropolitan archdiocese in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. Erected initially in 1847 as the Diocese of Melbourne, a suffragan diocese of Archdiocese of Sydney, the diocese was elevated in 1874 as an archdiocese of the Ecclesiastical Province of Melbourne and is the metropolitan for the suffragan dioceses of Sale, Sandhurst, Ballarat, and the Ukrainian Catholic Eparchy of Ss Peter and Paul. The Archdiocese of Hobart is attached to the archdiocese for administrative purposes. St Patrick's Cathedral is the seat of the Archbishop of Melbourne, currently Peter Comensoli, who succeeded Denis Hart on 1 August 2018.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat</span> Catholic ecclesiastical territory

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Ballarat, based in Ballarat, Australia, is a diocese in the ecclesiastical province of Melbourne. It is a suffragan diocese of the Archdiocese of Melbourne and was established in 1874. Its geography covers the west, Wimmera and Mallee regions of Victoria. The cathedral is in St Patrick's Cathedral, Ballarat.

Robert "Bob" Davis was an Australian rules footballer who played in the Victorian Football League (VFL).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anglican Diocese of Ballarat</span> Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia

The Diocese of Ballarat is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia, which was created out of the Diocese of Melbourne in 1875. It is situated in the Ballarat region of the state of Victoria, Australia and covers the south-west region of the state. The diocesan cathedral is the Cathedral of Christ the King in Ballarat. Garry Weatherill, formerly the Bishop of Willochra between 2000 and 2011, was installed as the 10th Bishop of Ballarat on 5 November 2011.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anglican Diocese of Bendigo</span> Diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Diocese of Bendigo is a diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. It is situated in the Bendigo region of the state of Victoria, Australia. Its geographic remit extends from that part of Victoria that lies north of the Great Dividing Range and west of the Goulburn River to the border with the state of South Australia. The diocesan cathedral is St Paul's Cathedral, Bendigo. The diocese was separated from the Diocese of Melbourne in 1902, with Henry Archdall Langley installed as the first bishop. The current bishop, Matt Brain, was installed on 17 February 2018.

Richard Walter Richards, GC was an Australian science teacher who joined Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in December 1914 as a physicist with the Ross Sea Party under Captain Aeneas Mackintosh. Richards was barely 20 years old, and had just completed his studies at the University of Melbourne, when SY Aurora sailed. He was to outlive all other members of the expedition, and became the last survivor of the so-called "Heroic Age" of Antarctic exploration, dying at the age of 91 in 1986.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Darren Cheeseman</span> Australian politician

Darren Leicester Cheeseman is an Australian politician. He has been a Labor Party member of the Victorian Legislative Assembly since November 2018, representing the seat of South Barwon. He previously held the federal seat of Corangamite from 2007 to 2013.

Anthony John Edwards is an Australian former lightweight rower. He is a five time Olympian, triple Olympic medallist, a world champion and a six-time Australian national champion. He represented Australia at the premier world regattas consistently over a twenty-year period from 1993 to 2012.

Garry John Weatherill is the current Anglican Bishop of Ballarat in the Province of Victoria, Australia. He was previously the sixth Bishop of Willochra (2000–2011).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Henry Cleary</span>

Henry William Cleary was the sixth Roman Catholic Bishop of Auckland, from 1910 to 1929.

Robert Richards is an Australian former lightweight rower. He is a former world champion, an Olympic silver medallist and a national champion. In the four years he rowed for Australia at the premier world regatta he won a medal each time.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Joseph Higgins (bishop)</span> Australian Latin Catholic bishop (died 1915)

Joseph Higgins was an Irish-born Catholic bishop in Australia. He was the Bishop of Rockhampton in Queensland and the Bishop of Ballarat in Victoria.

Lynn S. Richards was a Utah lawyer and politician and a leader in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

The Ballarat Imperial Football Club was an Australian rules football club which formerly competed in the Ballarat Football League. The club was one of the most successful teams in the league, winning 17 premierships before it was dissolved in 1955.

Paul Bird C.Ss.R. is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Ballarat.

Tim Wright is an Australian former world champion lightweight rower. He won a gold medal at the 1997 World Rowing Championships in Aiguebelette with the lightweight men's eight.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Shane Mackinlay</span>

Shane Anthony Mackinlay is an Australian prelate of the Catholic Church who has been the Bishop of Sandhurst since 2019. He was the master of Catholic Theological College in Melbourne from 2010 to 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Anglican Bishop of Ballarat</span>

The Bishop of Ballarat is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Ballarat, Australia.

References

  1. NLA
  2. "Salvete", The Fleur-de-Lys, no. 29 (Oct. 1929): 8.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1959-1960 p 82
  4. Veteran Certificate