About Ronald Richards
Lived 1908 – 1994 (aged 86). Ronald Richards was an anglican priest.
Ronald Edwin Richards (25 October 1908 - 18 November 1994) was an Australian Anglican bishop: the fifth Bishop of Bendigo from 1957 to 1974.
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. He was ordained in 1933. After a curacy in Rokewood he was priest in charge at Lismore. During World War II he was a chaplain in the AIF. When peace returned he was Vicar of Warrnambool then Archdeacon of Ballarat until his ordination to the episcopate.
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Who was Ronald Richards?
Bishop of Bendigo (1908-1994)
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Ronald Richards was born on 25 October 1908.
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Ronald Richards died on 18 November 1994.
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Ronald Richards was an anglican priest.
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