Rosier, Stanley Bruce, Rev.   (1928 - 2019)

He was a bishop in the Anglican Church of Australia.

He was born in Subiaco, WA, on November 18, 1928, died on 28 February 2019 at Adelaide, SA.

He began his education at the Rosalie State School and later attended the East Claremont and Claremont Central State schools.

In 1940 he won a Government scholarship to Perth Modern School, a Shell scholarship worth £50, and a scholarship to Hale School. Entering Hale School in 1941, Mr. Rosier was dux of each form of which he was a member and became dux of Hale School in 1944 at the age of 16.

At the University of W.A., where he began a science course in 1945, he completed the course in three years. He gained nine distinctions in the nine subjects of the bachelor of science course.

He took first-class honours in physics in 1948 and first-class honours in mathematics in 1949, and also gained a distinction in elementary Greek.

He was West Australian Rhodes Scholar for 1949, and studied at Christ Church, Oxford, UK.

He trained for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge, UK, and was ordained deacon in 1954 and priest in 1955.

He began his ministry with a curacy at Ecclesall, after which he was the Rector of Wyalkatchem from 1957. He was then the Rector of Kellerberrin and, from 1967, an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Perth.

In 1970 he was appointed Bishop of Willochra, a post he held until 1987. He was then the Rector of St Oswald's Parkside in Adelaide until his retirement in 1994.

He died in hospital in Adelaide on 28 February 2019. .

Source: Extracted from:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Rosier
The West Australian (Perth, WA), Thu 8 Dec 1949, Page 2 - RHODES SCHOLARSHIP TO MR. S. B. ROSIER
Portrait Photo: https://www.diowillochra.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Autumn-Willochran-2019.pdf p.6

Collecting localities for 'Rosier, S.B.' from AVH (2025)

Data from 340 specimens