Percival Stephenson
British Anglican bishop (1???-1962)
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The Rt Rev Percival William Stephenson was the 6th Anglican bishop of Nelson[1] whose episcopate spanned a 14-year period in the mid-20th century.
Family
The son of Arthur Henry Stephenson (1867-1955),[2] and Annie Amelia Vevers Stephenson (1865-1903), née Brailey,[3] Percival William Stephenson was born at Malmsbury, Victoria on 5 May 1888.
He married Grace Ermyntrude Lavender (1885-1974) on 9 October 1913.[4][5] They three children, Millicent Lavender Stephenson (1914-),[6] Arthur Lavender Stephenson (1917-2001),[7] and Noel Lavender Stephenson (1920-). Percival Stephenson died in 1962.
Education
He was educated at Caulfield Grammar School, Melbourne,[8] where he was an outstanding footballer in the school's First XVIII,[9] the University of Melbourne, the Australian College of Theology, and the University of London.
- 1912: Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) — University of Melbourne.
- 1913: Licentiate of Theology (L.Th.) — Australian College of Theology.
- 1915: Bachelor of Arts (M.A.) — University of Melbourne.
- 1917: Bachelor of Divinity (B.D.) — University of London.
Cleric
He was ordained in 1914.[10]
Academic
He moved to India to teach at CMS Edwards College in Peshawar, where he was initially a teacher and then principal (1921–1924). From 1924 to 1928 he was professor of exegetical theology at St John's College, Winnipeg.[11]
On his return to Australia he became federal secretary of the Church Missionary Society of Australia and Tasmania and headmaster of Trinity Grammar School, Sydney (1935–37)[12] and then commonwealth secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society until his elevation to the episcopate in 1940.
Death
He died on 29 May 1962.[13]
