The Rt Rev

Right Reverend

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  William George Hilliard was the 5th Anglican Bishop

Bishop

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 of Nelson

Diocese of Nelson

The Diocese of Nelson is one of the thirteen dioceses and hui amorangi of the Anglican Church in Aotearoa, New Zealand and Polynesia. The Diocese covers the top part of the South Island of New Zealand, which is mostly the area north of a line drawn from Greymouth to Kaikoura.The diocese was...

  whose Episcopate spanned a 6 year period in the first half of the 20th century.
He was born in Sydney

Sydney

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 on 29 May 1887, educated at the University of Sydney

University of Sydney

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 and ordained in 1912. He first worked as a curate

Curate

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 at Dulwich Hill

Dulwich Hill, New South Wales

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. He was inducted as Rector

Rector

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 of St John's Ashfield on 23 June, 1916, and served there until 31 October, 1926, when he accepted an appointment as Rector of St Clement's, Marrickville. From 1928 to 1934 he was Headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, Summer Hill when he was elevated to the Episcopate. He resigned his See

Episcopal See

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 in 1940 and became Rector

Rector

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 of St John’s, Parramatta and Coadjutor Bishop

Coadjutor bishop

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 of Sydney

Anglican Diocese of Sydney

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. A prominent Freemason, he died on 1 February 1960.