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Tony Nichols
Bishop of North West Australia
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
ProvinceProvince of Western Australia
DioceseDiocese of North West Australia
Installed1992
Term ended2003
PredecessorGed Muston
SuccessorDavid Mulready
Orders
Ordination1963 (as priest)
Personal details
Born
Anthony Howard Nichols

(1938-03-29)29 March 1938
Died24 August 2019(2019-08-24) (aged 81)
NationalityAustralian
DenominationAnglicanism
SpouseJudith[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 in 1992,[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, became Bishop of North West Australia in 2023.[6]

Nichols died on 24 August 2019, aged 81.[5]

References

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  1. ^ a b Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000
  2. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. ^ Crockford’s 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ^ Diocesan website Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ a b Lim, Anne (27 August 2019). "Tony Nichols: a man in relentless pursuit of the glory of God". Eternity News. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
  6. ^ "New NW Bishop". North West Network. Anglican Diocese of North West Australia. 6 September 2022. Archived from the original on 11 September 2022. Retrieved 11 September 2022.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of North West Australia
1992–2003
Succeeded by