Ronald Bowlby


Ronald Bowlby
Bishop of Southwark
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseSouthwark
In office14 December 1980–1991
PredecessorMervyn Stockwood
SuccessorRoy Williamson
Other post(s)Bishop of Newcastle
1972–1980
Honorary assistant bishop in Worcester (1991–2019)
Orders
Consecration6 January 1973
Personal details
Born(1926-08-16)16 August 1926
Died21 December 2019(2019-12-21) (aged 93)
DenominationAnglican
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford

Ronald Oliver Bowlby (16 August 1926 – 21 December 2019), also known as Ronnie Bowlby, was a British Anglican bishop. He was the ninth Bishop of Newcastle from 1973 until 1980. He was then translated to Southwark where he served until his retirement eleven years later in 1991. He was "a leading advocate for the ordination of women".