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The Rt Rev Percival William Stephenson was the 6th Anglican Bishop of Nelson whose Episcopate spanned a 14 year period in the mid 20th century. He was born on 5 May 1888 educated at Caulfield Grammar School Melbourne and the University of Melbourne and ordained in 1914. He was a CMS Missionary in Peshawar until 1921. After this he was Professor of Exegetical Theology at St John’s College Winnipeg until 1928.