Seering John Matthews OBELondon Gazette (1) was the fifth Bishop of Carpentaria.Recruiting drive to UK in 1961
He was born on 26 March 1900, educated at St John's College, Auckland and Moore Theological College"Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 and ordained in 1926.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941 After a curacy at Christ Church St Laurence, SydneyPhoto of Bishop Matthews on church web-site he was Priest in charge at St Mary's Fitzroy, Melbourne then Vicar of St James', Calcutta. From 1938 to 1942 he was Principal of the Bishop Westcott Boys' School in Namkum then a Royal Air Force Chaplain.London Gazette After World War II he was Vicar of St Bartholomew's, Ipswich then Archdeacon of RockhamptonAustralian Electoral Rolls, 1903-1954 before his ordination to the episcopate.Consecration details He died in 1978.National Library of Australia
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