Ronald Francis "Ron" Stone AM

Order of Australia

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 (born 10 September 1938) was the tenth Bishop of Rockhampton

Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton

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 in the Anglican Church of Australia

Anglican Church of Australia

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 from 1996 to 2003.

Stone was educated at Taylors College, Melbourne

Taylors College

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 and ordained in 1963. His first post was as a curate

Curate

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 at Junee, after which he was priest in charge

Priest in charge

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 of Kameruka. He was rector

Rector

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 of Kerang and then the Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of Bendigo

Anglican Diocese of Bendigo

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. He was ordained to the episcopate as an assistant bishop

Assistant Bishop

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 in Tasmania

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 before becoming Bishop of Rockhampton

Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton

The Anglican Diocese of Rockhampton is a diocese of in the Province of Queensland and one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia. The diocese covers an area of approximately 57 million hectares, roughly twice the size of New Zealand and four times the size of England and Wales. ...

in 1996. He retired from this position in 2003 and is currently the vicar-general in the Diocese of Bendigo.