Douglas Stevens

Douglas Robert Stevens is the Anglican Bishop of Riverina,^[1] one of the 23 dioceses of the Anglican Church of Australia.

Education and early career

Born in Wollongong, New South Wales, Stevens grew up in Gateshead, Newcastle, New South Wales. He was drawn to the church as a boy and felt called to ordained ministry after high school. After initially studying commerce and working for Fell & Starkey (chartered accountants) he completed a BA in education, classics and philosophy at Newcastle University^[1] and then studied theology at St John's College, Morpeth.

Ordained in 1979, he served in Newcastle, Merriwa, Wingham, Nambucca Heads and Tweed Heads.^[2] He completed a master's degree in ecumenical theology at Trinity College, University of Dublin in Ireland in 1985.^[1]

Bishop of Riverina

In 2005, Stevens was elected as Bishop of Riverina.^[3][1] He was consecrated on 29 November 2005.^[4]

Stevens received his Doctor of Ministry degree from the Melbourne College of Divinity in 2006.^[5][1]

Stevens attended the Lambeth Conference in 2008.^[6] He is a member of the Australian Anglican Bishops’ Conference.^[7]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Australian Anglican Directory, Doncaster Heights, Victoria : Angela Grutzner, 2009, p.375.
2. ^ "Our History" at St Cuthbert's church website. Accessed 8 July 2010.
3. ^ "Ninth Bishop of Riverina". Anglican Diocese of Riverina. http://www.anglicanriverina.com/?D=49. Retrieved 2007-03-09. 
4. ^ "Minutes of the Meeting of the Standing Committee of General Synod held at the Chevalier Centre, Kensington, on Sunday 18 & 19 November 2005", p. 3. Found at Anglican Church of Australia website. Accessed 8 July 2010.
5. ^ "It's now Doctor Doug Stevens!" (PDF). The North Coast Anglican. The Anglican Diocese of Grafton. Archived from the original on 2007-08-31. http://web.archive.org/web/20070831234836/http://www.tssf.org.au/prayerschool/docs/nca_05.pdf. Retrieved 2007-03-09. 
6. ^ Matthew Davies, "Pre-Lambeth Conference Hospitality Initiative 'sets positive tone' for bishops and spouses," 17 July 2008, Episcopal Life Online. Found at Episcopal Church website. Accessed 8 July 2010.
7. ^ "Charge to Synod", Anglican Diocese of Newcastle, p. 23, found at Anglican Diocese of Newcastle website. Accessed 8 July 2010.

External links

• Mystery Worshipper at the Ship of Fools' website

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Preceded by Bruce Clark	Bishop of Riverina 2005 – present	Succeeded by incumbent

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