Tony Nichols


Anthony Howard Nichols was an Australian Anglican bishop.
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. 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 was followed by his ordination to the episcopate as the fifth Bishop of North West Australia, 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. He was married to Judith M. Nichols.
Nichols died on 24 August 2019, aged 81.