Robert Edward Davies CBE (30 July 1913 – 17 May 2002) was the Anglican BishopofTasmania from 1963 to 1981.[1][2]
Educated at Queensland University,[3] he was ordained in 1937 and began his career as an assistant priest at Christ Church Cathedral, Newcastle, NSW. After World War II service as a chaplain with Toc H and the Royal Australian Air Force[4] he became Warden of St John's College Brisbane. After this he was ArchdeaconofCanberra, then Wagga Wagga.[5] He became an assistant bishopofNewcastle and Warden of St John's Theological College, Morpeth in 1960 and three years later the Tasmanian diocesan bishop.[citation needed]
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