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John Francis "Jack" Stretch (28 January 1855–19 April 1919〔(ADB entry )〕) was an Anglican bishop from the last decades of the 19th century until the year of his death.〔''Who Was Who 1897-1990'' London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X〕 Stretch was born at Geelong, Victoria, Australia and educated at Geelong Church of England Grammar School and Trinity College, Melbourne,〔(Personal papers of son )〕 where, on 2 July 1872, he was the first student to enrol in the first residential college erected in association with the University of Melbourne.〔''Calendar of Trinity College within the University of Melbourne'', 1897, p. 202.〕 He graduated BA in 1874 and LLB in 1887. Ordained in 1878, he began his ordained ministry as a curate in Geelong. In 1892, Stretch became Vicar of St Andrew's Church, Brighton, Melbourne〔 having previously served as incumbent of Holy Trinity Church, Maldon and St Mark's Church, Fitzroy. Appointed to be Dean of Ballarat in 1894 and Dean of Newcastle in 1900, in 1906 he was elevated to the episcopy as the Bishop of Newcastle in New South Wales.〔(Diocesan history )〕 He retired in 1919 and died at Killara, Sydney, survived by his two daughters and four sons. Two of his sons, John Carlos William and Cliffe Maurice Osmond, were also Anglican clergy. He was buried in Sandgate cemetery, Newcastle. ==References== 〔 * (【引用サイトリンク】title= Stretch, John Francis (Jack) (1855–1919) ) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jack Stretch」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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