Charles Bromby

Charles Henry Bromby (11 July 1814 – 14 April 1907) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania from 1864 to 1882.

[1] Bromby was made deacon in Lichfield in 1838 and served as curate at Chesterfield from 1838 to 1839; and was ordained priest in 1839 in York and was headmaster of Stepney Grammar School from 1839.

[2] In 1868, when the question of the abolishing of state aid to religion was dealt with, Bromby was largely responsible for the passing of the commutation act which resulted in the Church of England in Tasmania receiving about £60,000 as a perpetual endowment instead of the former yearly payments.

His episcopate was marked by the building of several new churches and a great increase in the number of clergy.

He lived in retirement with his son, Henry Bromby, at Clifton, and died there on 14 April 1907.