Douglas Stevens

Douglas Stevens is the Bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Riverina, one of the 23 Dioceses that make up the Anglican Church of Australia. He was consecrated on 29 November 2005.

Education and early career
Born in Wollongong, New South Wales, he grew up in Gateshead, Newcastle. Stevens was drawn to the church as a boy and felt called to ordained ministry after high school. After initially studying commerce and working for Fell & Starkey (chartered accountants) he completed a BA in education, classics and philosophy at Newcastle University, then studied theology at St. John's College Morpeth.

Ordained in 1979, he served in Newcastle, Merriwa, Wingham, Nambucca Heads and Tweed Heads. He completed a masters degree in ecumenical theology at Trinity College, University of Dublin in Ireland in 1985.

Bishop of Riverina
In 2005, he was elected as Bishop of Riverina. He was consecrated on 29 November 2005.

He received his Doctor of Ministry Studies degree from the Melbourne College of Divinity in 2006.

Stevens attended the Lambeth Conference in 2008.

As head of a diocese in the Anglican Communion, millions of Anglicans pray for Stevens' health annually, and in 2009, his day was Friday July 31.