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.

He was born on 5 May 1888, educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne and the University of Melbourne and ordained in 1914.^[2]

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. ^[3]

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) ^[4] and then Commonwealth Secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society until his elevation to the Episcopate in 1940. He died on 29 May 1962.^[5]

Notes

1. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
3. ↑ "Archives: Head Masters". Trinity Grammar School. Retrieved 18 April 2015. 
4. ↑ School web site
5. ↑ News of death