The Lord Bishop of Tasmania is the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Tasmania, Australia.
List of Bishops of Tasmania Bishops of Tasmania No From Until Incumbent Notes 1842 1863 Francis Nixon Consecrated 24 August 1842. 1864 1882 Charles Bromby Later Assistant Bishop of Lichfield and Assistant Bishop of Bath and Wells. 1883 1889 Daniel Sandford Later coadjutor bishop to two successive Bishops of Durham. 1889 1901 Henry Montgomery Father of Field-Marshal Bernard Montgomery. 1902 1914 Edward Mercer Later Archdeacon of Macclesfield. 1914 1919 Reginald Stephen Previously Dean of Melbourne; translated to Newcastle. 1919 1943 Robert Hay Previously Dean of Hobart; died in office. 1944 1963 Geoffrey Cranswick 1963 1981 Robert Davies Previously Assistant Bishop of Newcastle. 1982 2000 Philip Newell Previously Archdeacon of Lilley. 2000 2015 John Harrower Later Assistant Bishop assisting the Primate of Australia. 2016 present Richard Condie Previously an archdeacon in the Diocese of Melbourne; consecrated 19 March 2016.
John Vernon Kestell Cornish (13 October 193126 January 1982) was consecrated 19 May 1979 at St George's Cathedral, Perth, to serve as Assistant Bishop of Perth. He was elected Bishop of Tasmania (to succeed Davies) in 1981, but died suddenly, after moving to Hobart but before his scheduled enthronement; Newell was elected in his stead the same year.All Saints Anglican Network Tasmania — Biographies § Henry Jerrim References
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