Robert Hay (bishop of Tasmania)

Robert Snowdon Hay (1867–1943) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania^[1] from 1919 until 1943.^[2]

He was educated at Bishop Barrington School and Hatfield College, Durham^[3] and ordained in 1894. He then held curacies at Leadgate and South Hylton before emigrating to Australia.^[4] He was Rector of Laidley, Queensland then Bundaberg and Warwick. Later he was Dean of Hobart^[5] before being ordained to the episcopate.^[6] He died on 3 February 1943^[7] and there is a memorial to him at Launceston Grammar School.^[8]

References

1. Archives Office of Tasmania
2. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
3. "Durham University calendar 1936-7". reed.dur.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
4. Rootsweb
5. Australian Newspaper Archive
6. Tasmanian Anglican
7. "Obituary: Dr R.S. Hay", The Times, 4 February 1943, p.7
8. eHeritage

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Reginald Stephen	Bishop of Tasmania 1919–1943	Succeeded by Geoffrey Cranswick