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Douglas Stevens is the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Riverina, one of the 23 Dioceses that make up the Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania ....
. He was consecrated on 29 November 2005. Bishop Stevens is married to Denise (Hull) and they have two daughters Aisling and Erin.

Born in Wollongong in about 1952, and raised in Gateshead, Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
, Stevens as a youth was part of the St Paul's, Gateshead congregation, where the liturgy
Liturgy

A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group, according to their particular traditions. The word may refer to an elaborate formal ritual such as the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy and Mass , or a daily activity such as the Muslim salat and Jewish Jewish services....
, scripture readings and being part of the Church affected him greatly.






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Douglas Stevens is the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Riverina, one of the 23 Dioceses that make up the Anglican Church of Australia
Anglican Church of Australia

The Anglican Church of Australia, a member church of the Anglican Communion, was previously officially known as the Church of England in Australia and Tasmania ....
. He was consecrated on 29 November 2005. Bishop Stevens is married to Denise (Hull) and they have two daughters Aisling and Erin.

Born in Wollongong in about 1952, and raised in Gateshead, Newcastle
Newcastle, New South Wales

The Newcastle metropolitan area is the second most populated area in the state of New South Wales and includes most of the City of Newcastle and City of Lake Macquarie Local Government Areas of Australia....
, Stevens as a youth was part of the St Paul's, Gateshead congregation, where the liturgy
Liturgy

A liturgy is the customary public worship done by a specific religious group, according to their particular traditions. The word may refer to an elaborate formal ritual such as the Eastern Orthodox Divine Liturgy and Mass , or a daily activity such as the Muslim salat and Jewish Jewish services....
, scripture readings and being part of the Church affected him greatly. He worked as a seaman
Seaman

Seaman as a rate refers to one of the lowest rates in a Navy. In Commonwealth of Nations context it refers to the lowest rank in the Navy, followed by Able Seaman and Leading Seaman, and followed by the Petty Officer ranks....
 on BHP
BHP Billiton

BHP Billiton is the world's largest mining company. It was created in 2001 by the merger of Australia's Broken Hill Proprietary Company and the United Kingdom's Billiton, which had a Dutch and South African background....
 bulk carriers during school holidays, but refused an apprenticeship as a deck officer with BHP shipping following high school and instead entered a firm of chartered accountant
Chartered Accountant

Chartered Accountant is the title used by members of certain professional accountancy associations in the British Commonwealth of Nations countries and Republic of Ireland....
s for two years.

It was during this time that he felt called to Christian
Christian

A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
 discipleship and ministry, which led to a change of study from part-time economics
Economics

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 and commerce
Commerce

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 to full-time arts - education
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, classics
Classics

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 and philosophy
Philosophy

Philosophy is the study of general problems concerning matters such as existence, knowledge, truth, beauty, justice, validity, mind, and language....
. After university, Stevens moved to St. John's Morpeth to study theology
Theology

Theology is the study of the existence or attributes of a deity or gods, or more generally the study of religion or spirituality. It is sometimes contrasted with religious studies: theology is understood as the study of religion from an internal perspective , and religious studies as the study of religion from an external perspective....
, where he met his wife Denise and was ordained.

He was confirmed at St Alban's, Charlestown (Newcastle) in 1963. Rev Michael Clark, a founding member of the Brotherhood of St Laurence, prepared Stevens and gave him a little book called "In His Presence" in which Clark wrote 'be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee the crown of life' (Revelations 2). Stevens felt this to be a personal challenge.

Since ordination and marriage Stevens has lived and ministered in Newcastle, Merriwa
Merriwa

Merriwa may refer to:* Merriwa, Western Australia, Australia* Merriwa, New South Wales, Australia...
, Wingham
Wingham

Wingham may refer to:Places:* Wingham, Kent, a village in England**River Wingham, a river flowing through Wingham, Kent, England* Wingham, New South Wales in Australia...
, Nambucca Heads and Tweed Heads. He travelled to Ireland in 1984/85 where he completed a masters degree in ecumenical theology
Ecumenism

Ecumenism now mainly refers to initiatives aimed at greater religious unity or cooperation.In its broadest sense, this unity or cooperation may refer to a worldwide religious unity; by the advocation of a greater sense of shared spirituality across the three Abrahamic faiths of Judaism, Christianity and Islam....
. In the years immediately before his election as Bishop of Riverina
Bishop of Riverina

The Diocese of Riverina is one of 23 dioceses that make the Anglican Church of Australia.  The diocese covers 37% of New South Wales, including the Riverina and the Far West of the State.  The main population centres within the Diocese of Riverina are Griffith, Broken Hill, Deniliquin, Leeton, Narrandera and Corowa....
 he took a Doctor of Ministry
Doctor of Ministry

The Doctor of Ministry degree is, according to The Association of Theological Schools in the United States and Canada , a doctoral level degree oriented toward ministerial leadership often in an area of applied theology, such as missions, evangelism, church leadership, pastoral psychology or the psychology of religion, church growth, church...
 Studies program at the Melbourne College of Divinity
Melbourne College of Divinity

The Melbourne College of Divinity is a theological college located in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Australia.The MCD is a significant instance of Christian ecumenism cooperation between Australia?s Christian denominations....
. He was awarded a Doctor of Ministry Studies by the Melbourne College of Divinity in May 2006.