Henry Newton (bishop)

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Henry Newton

Henry Newton (5 January 1866 – 25 September 1947) was an Anglican colonial bishop who served two Southern Hemisphere dioceses in the first half of the 20th century.[1]

He was educated at St. Paul's College, Sydney and Merton College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1891,[3] after a curacy at St John's, Hackney[4] he emigrated to the Antipodes where he became Priest at Esk, Queensland[5] and then a missionary in New Guinea.[6] From 1915 to 1922 he was the second Bishop of Carpentaria. Translated to New Guinea in 1922, he retired in 1936.

References[]

  1. ^ The Times, Saturday, Sep 27, 1947; pg. 4; Issue 50877; col G Obituary The Rt Rev H.Newton
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  4. ^ "St John At Hackney Church - The Unoffical Fan Site - Read About Bible Translation, SEO Lancashire, Coffee". St John at Hackney Church. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  5. ^ "The Life Story of the Rev. Frederick Robert Newton By Henry Newton; Edited by Robert Leycester Dawson (1940)". anglicanhistory.org. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
  6. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 239.
Religious titles
Preceded by
Gilbert White 		Bishop of Carpentaria
1915–1922 		Succeeded by
Stephen Davies
Preceded by
Gerald Sharp 		Bishop of New Guinea
1922–1936 		Succeeded by
Philip Strong


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