Robert Hay (bishop of Tasmania)

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

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

Church of England titles
Preceded by Reginald Stephen	Bishop of Tasmania 1919 –1943	Succeeded by Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick

References

Bishops of Tasmania

Francis Nixon Charles Bromby Daniel Sandford Henry Montgomery Edward Mercer Reginald Stephen Robert Hay Geoffrey Cranswick Robert Davies Philip Newell John Harrower Richard Condie

Deans of Hobart

Frederick Cox Henry Bromby Charles Leslie Dundas Bertram Kite Robert Hay Arthur Rivers Percy Fewtrell Michael Webber Harlin Butterley Jeffrey Parsons Kenneth Reardon Stuart Blackler Lindsay Stoddart Richard Humphrey

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