Norman Palmer (bishop)

Norman Kitchener Palmer CMG MBE (2 October 1928 – 13 November 2008) was the eleventh Anglican Bishop of Melanesia and second Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia.^[1]

Palmer was educated at St John's College, Auckland^[2] and ordained in 1966.^[3] His first post was as an Assistant Master and Chaplain at All Hallows’ School, Pawa, Melanesia. He was then Priest/Headmaster at Alanguala Primary and then St Nicholas Primary. From 1973 to 1975 he was Dean of St Barnabas when he became Bishop of Central Melanesia and ex officio Archbishop of Melanesia, posts he held until 1987. He was consecrated a bishop on 1 November 1975 at the Cathedral Church of St Barnabas, Honiara.^[4]

References[]

^ Anglican Communion
^ ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
^ Anglican Archives Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by John Chisholm	Archbishop of Melanesia 1975–1987	Succeeded by Amos Waiaru

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[1] Anglican Communion

[2] ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)

[3] Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X

[4] Anglican Archives Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine

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v t Bishops and Archbishops of Melanesia
Bishops	Alfred Hill Cecil Wilson Cecil Wood John Chisholm John Patteson John Selwyn John Steward Merivale Molyneux Sydney Caulton Walter Baddeley
Archbishops	Amos Waiaru David Vunagi Ellison Pogo George Takeli John Chisholm Norman Palmer Leonard Dawea
Assistant bishops	Merivale Molyneux Edward Wilton John Dickinson Dudley Tuti Leonard Alufurai Casper Uka