Gething Caulton

Sydney Gething Caulton (1895^[1] – 23 August 1976) was a British bishop who spent much of his career in New Zealand and the South Pacific.

A graduate of St Chad's College, Durham University, where he gained his M.A., Caulton was made a deacon in Liverpool in 1922 and ordained priest there the next year,^[2] and remained there until 1930 when he became a missionary in the Diocese of Melanesia.

He arrived in New Zealand in 1937, with his wife and son, to become Vicar of Whakatāne,^[3] and then Vicar of St Peter's, Onehunga. He was inducted Vicar of St Mary's, and installed (ex officio) as Dean of Auckland in February 1946.^[4] On 2 February 1948, he was consecrated a bishop by Cecil Cherrington, Bishop of Waikato, at St Mary's, and based himself in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). On completion of his time as Bishop of Melanesia (March 1954) he became Vicar of Northcote, then St George, Epsom, New Zealand (and Assistant Bishop of Auckland, 1955–1964) before his return to England as Assistant Bishop of Southwark (1964–68);^[5] in 1969 he lived in Auckland again.^[2]

References

^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ ^a ^b Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 268 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 26 June 2019)
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, Oxford University Press OUP,1941
^ Pacific Progress - Centenary book of the Melanesian Mission (includes picture of Caulton)
^ National Archives

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Walter Baddeley	Bishop of Melanesia 1948–1958	Succeeded by Alfred Hill

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[1] “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X

[blain-2] Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 268 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 26 June 2019)

[3] Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, Oxford University Press OUP,1941

[4] Pacific Progress - Centenary book of the Melanesian Mission (includes picture of Caulton)

[5] National Archives

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