Tony Nichols | |
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Bishop of North West Australia | |
Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
Province | Province of Western Australia |
Diocese | Diocese of North West Australia |
Installed | 1992 |
Term ended | 2003 |
Predecessor | Ged Muston |
Successor | David Mulready |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1963 (as priest) |
Personal details | |
Born | Anthony Howard Nichols 29 March 1938 |
Died | 24 August 2019 | (aged 81)
Nationality | Australian |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse | Judith [1] |
Anthony Howard Nichols (29 March 1938 – 24 August 2019) was an Australian Anglican bishop. [2]
Nichols obtained academic qualifications from the Universities of Sydney, London, Sheffield and Macquarie University. He was a Latin and history teacher until his ordination to the priesthood in 1963. [3] He had curacies at St Paul's Chatswood and St Bede's Drummoyne. He was a lecturer in Biblical Studies at Moore College, Sydney from 1968 to 1981 and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Satya Wacana Christian University until 1987. A further academic appointment at St Andrew's Hall, Melbourne (a Church Mission Society training college) was followed by his ordination to the episcopate as the fifth Bishop of North West Australia, [4] a position he held until 2003. After retiring as Bishop of North West Australia, he was Dean of Students and a lecturer in Biblical Studies at Trinity Theological College in Perth and later worked as an Assistant Minister at Dalkeith Anglican Church. [5]
Nichols was married to Judith. [1] His son-in-law, Darrell Parker, is due to become Bishop of North West Australia in 2023. [6]
Nichols died on 24 August 2019, aged 81. [5]
Tony Nichols | |
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Bishop of North West Australia | |
Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
Province | Province of Western Australia |
Diocese | Diocese of North West Australia |
Installed | 1992 |
Term ended | 2003 |
Predecessor | Ged Muston |
Successor | David Mulready |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1963 (as priest) |
Personal details | |
Born | Anthony Howard Nichols 29 March 1938 |
Died | 24 August 2019 | (aged 81)
Nationality | Australian |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Spouse | Judith [1] |
Anthony Howard Nichols (29 March 1938 – 24 August 2019) was an Australian Anglican bishop. [2]
Nichols obtained academic qualifications from the Universities of Sydney, London, Sheffield and Macquarie University. He was a Latin and history teacher until his ordination to the priesthood in 1963. [3] He had curacies at St Paul's Chatswood and St Bede's Drummoyne. He was a lecturer in Biblical Studies at Moore College, Sydney from 1968 to 1981 and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Satya Wacana Christian University until 1987. A further academic appointment at St Andrew's Hall, Melbourne (a Church Mission Society training college) was followed by his ordination to the episcopate as the fifth Bishop of North West Australia, [4] a position he held until 2003. After retiring as Bishop of North West Australia, he was Dean of Students and a lecturer in Biblical Studies at Trinity Theological College in Perth and later worked as an Assistant Minister at Dalkeith Anglican Church. [5]
Nichols was married to Judith. [1] His son-in-law, Darrell Parker, is due to become Bishop of North West Australia in 2023. [6]
Nichols died on 24 August 2019, aged 81. [5]