Percival Stephenson

The Rt Rev Percival William Stephenson was the 6th Anglican Bishop of Nelson [1] whose Episcopate spanned a 14-year period in the mid 20th century.

Family

The son of Arthur Henry Stephenson (1867-1955),[2] and Annie Amelia Vevers Stephenson (1865-1903), née Brailey,[3] Percival William Stephenson was born at Malmsbury, Victoria on 5 May 1888.

He married Grace Ermyntrude Lavender (1885-1974) on 9 October 1913.[4][5] They three children, Millicent Lavender Stephenson (1914-),[6] Arthur Lavender Stephenson (1917-2001),[7] and Noel Lavender Stephenson (1920-). Percival Stephenson died in 1962.

Education

He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne,[8] where he was an outstanding footballer in the school's First XVIII,[9] the University of Melbourne, the Australian College of Theology, and the University of London.

Cleric

He was ordained in 1914.[10]

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.[11]

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)[12] 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.[13]

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See also

Notes

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 by
William George Hilliard
Bishop of Nelson
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Succeeded by
Francis Oag Hulme-Moir
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