Historical information

Oliver Heyward was born in Tasmania 16/3/1926 and died in Melbourne 15/12/2003. He was a Tasmanian Rhodes Scholar in 1949 and was ordained into the Anglican Church in England in 1954. He initially served in England before returning to Tasmania and then Victoria. Upon his enthronement as Bishop in 1975, he became the 6th Bishop of Bendigo from 1975 - 1991. He then became Assistant to the primate of the Anglican Church in Victoria 1991 - 1995.

Physical description

Form and order of service for the Enthronement of the Right Reverend Oliver Spencer Heyward on Sunday 2nd February 1975, at All Saints' Cathedral, Bendigo