Robert Hay (Bishop of Tasmania)

Robert Snowdon Hay (1867–1943) was the Bishop of Tasmania[1] from 1919 until 1943.[2]

He was educated at Bishop Barrington School and Hatfield College, Durham[3] and ordained in 1894. He then held curacies at Leadgate and South Hylton before emigrating to Australia.[4] He was Rector of Laidley, Queensland then Bundaberg and Warwick. Later he was Dean of Hobart[5] before being ordained to the episcopate.[6] He died on 3 February 1943[7] and there is a memorial to him at Launceston Grammar School.[8]

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Reginald Stephen		 Bishop of Tasmania
1919 –1943		 Succeeded by
Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick

References
  1. Archives Office of Tasmania
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  3. "Durham University calendar 1936-7". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  4. Rootsweb
  5. Australian Newspaper Archive
  6. Tasmanian Anglican
  7. "Obituary: Dr R.S. Hay", The Times, 4 February 1943, p.7
  8. eHeritage


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