Stuart Blackler

{{Short description|Anglican dean}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| type = priest

| honorific-prefix = The Very Reverend

| name = Stuart Blackler

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| title = Dean of Hobart

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| term = 1993–2005

| church = Anglican Church of Australia

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| diocese = Tasmania

| predecessor = Kenneth Nash Reardon

| successor = Lindsay Stoddart

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| birth_name = Stuart Edward Blackler

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| nationality = Australian

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Stuart Edward Blackler is a retired Australian Anglican priest who served as Dean of Hobart from 1993 to 2005.[http://www.tasmaniananglican.com/ta200409-14/ Tasmanian Anglican]

He was educated at the University of Melbourne; and ordained in 1967.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-82 p97 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0192000101}} He began his career with curacies in Melbourne, South Yarra and Geelong. After an incumbency at Nunawading, Victoria he became a teacher at Melbourne Girls Grammar School.

Blackler was awarded the Medal of the Order of Australia in the 2023 King's Birthday Honours for "service to the Anglican Church of Australia".{{cite web |title=King's Birthday 2023 Honours - the full list |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/king-s-birthday-2023-honours-the-full-list-20230609-p5dffh.html |website=Sydney Morning Herald |publisher=Nine Entertainment Co |access-date=11 June 2023 |date=11 June 2023}}

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