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Charles Ling (bishop)

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Charles Welchman Ling[1] was the inaugural Bishop of Banks and Torres.[2]

Ling was educated at St Peter's College, Siota. After his ordination to the diaconate in 1968, and to the priesthood in 1969,[3] Ling worked in the Solomon Islands, the New Hebrides and Vanuatu.[4]

Ling died on his home island of Mota Lava in 2018.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Justus Anglican
  2. ^ List of small publications in the Archives of the Anglican Church of Melanesia (in the National Archives of Solomon Islands) p. 20. (Accessed 9 February 2020)
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1977-1979 p610 Oxford, OUP, 1979 ISBN 0-19-200009-8
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-1982 p611 Oxford, OUP, 1983 ISBN 0-19-200010-1
  5. ^ Melanesia News