Theodore McCall
Theodore Bruce McCall (29 December 1911 – 16 January 1969) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.[1]
Born into a distinguished family,[2] McCall was educated at St Peter's College, Adelaide and was an apprentice at Mercantile Marine (AUSNCo) until 1931. He studied for the priesthood at St Columb's Hall, Wangaratta, was ordained in 1936 and served first as a curate at Milawa. Later he was Rector of Yea[3] and then a chaplain in the Second Australian Imperial Force. After World War II he was Rector of Macquarie and then Holy Trinity, Launceston. He was the Home Secretary of the Australian Board of Missions from 1953 until 1959 when he was consecrated a bishop on 2 February at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane)[4] to serve as the sixth Bishop of Rockhampton,[5] a post he held for four years. In 1963, he was translated as the Bishop of Wangaratta,[6] and in 1969 he died while holding that office.[7] His son, David McCall, was Bishop of Bunbury from 2000 until 2010.[8]
References[]
- ^ NPG details
- ^ His father was Sir John McCall KCMG, Agent-General for Tasmania “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ [1]
- ^ Rootsweb
- ^ Anglican Archives Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Bishop dies". The Canberra Times. 43 (12, 211). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 17 January 1969. p. 3. Retrieved 16 March 2021 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ Diocesan website Archived 2010-06-26 at the Wayback Machine
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