John Chisholm (archbishop of Melanesia)
John Wallace Chisholm, (14 September 1923 — 24 May 1975) was an Australian divine who served as the tenth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia[1] and first Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia. He was educated at Trinity College, University of Melbourne [2] and ordained in 1947. His first post was as a Curate at St Stephen’s, Rochester Row, Westminster[3] after which he was Sub-Dean of the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Dogura, Papua and New Guinea.[4] From 1964 to 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of New Guinea [5] when he became Bishop of Melanesia,[6] a post he held until 1975 when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province. He died shortly after his appointment as Primate.[7]
Notes
- ^ Anglican history
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Church web site Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ John biographical entry at Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ Consecration details Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Project Canterbury
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