Tony Nichols

Anthony Howard Nichols (29 March 1938 – 24 August 2019) was an Australian Anglican bishop.

Nichols obtained academic qualifications from the Universities of Sydney, London, Sheffield and Macquarie University. He was a Latin and history teacher until his ordination to the priesthood in 1963. He had curacies at St Paul's Chatswood and St Bede's Drummoyne. He was a lecturer in Biblical Studies at Moore College, Sydney from 1968 to 1981 and Dean of the Faculty of Theology at Satya Wacana Christian University until 1987. A further academic appointment at St Andrew's Hall, Melbourne (a Church Mission Society training college) was followed by his ordination to the episcopate as the fifth Bishop of North West Australia, a position he held until 2003. After retiring as Bishop of North West Australia, he was Dean of Students and a lecturer in Biblical Studies at Trinity Theological College in Perth and later worked as an Assistant Minister at Dalkeith Anglican Church.

Nichols was married to Judith. His son-in-law, Darrell Parker, is due to become Bishop of North West Australia in 2023.

Nichols died on 24 August 2019, aged 81.