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Ronald Oliver Bowlby (born 16 August 1926) was the ninth Bishop of Newcastle from 1973 until 1980 who was then translated to Southwark where he served until his retirement eleven years later in 1991.Bowlby was educated at Eton and Trinity College Oxford his first post after ordination was as a curate at St Luke’s Pallion Sunderland. He was then Priest in charge of St Aidan Billingham and Vicar of Croydon before his elevation to the Episcopate.