Tony Nichols

Anthony Howard Nichols (29 March 1938 – 24 August 2019) was an Australian Anglican bishop.[1]

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.[2] 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,[3] 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.[4] He was married to Judith M. Nichols.[5]

Nichols died on 24 August 2019, aged 81.[4]

References

1. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
2. Crockford’s 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
3. Diocesan website Archived 2010-11-26 at the Wayback Machine
4. Lim, Anne (27 August 2019). "Tony Nichols: a man in relentless pursuit of the glory of God". Eternity News. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
5. Anglican Communion Directory, March 2000