Stuart Blackler | |
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Dean of Hobart | |
Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
Diocese | Tasmania |
In office | 1993–20005 |
Predecessor | Kenneth Nash Reardon |
Successor | Lindsay Stoddart |
Personal details | |
Born | Stuart Edward Blackler |
Nationality | Australian |
Stuart Edward Blackler OAM [1] is a retired Australian Anglican priest who served as Dean of Hobart from 1993 to 2005. [2]
He was educated at the University of Melbourne; and ordained in 1967. [3] He began his career with curacies in Melbourne, South Yarra and Geelong. After an incumbency at Nunawading, Victoria he became a teacher at Melbourne Grammar School.
Blackler was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "service to the Anglican Church of Australia". [4]
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