Ernest Eric Hawkey (1 June 190925 July 1986) was the sixth Bishop of Carpentaria, Australia, from 1968 to 1974.Anglican Archives
He was educated at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 and ordained deacon in 1933 and priest in 1936.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941 After curacies at St Alban's, Ultimo (1933-34) and St Paul's, Burwood (1934-40) he was Priest in charge at Kandos (1940-46) and then Rector (1946-47). From 1947 to 1968 he was Secretary of the Australian Board of Missions and from 1962 a Canon Residentiary at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane.Parish records created by the provenance of St John's Cathedral He was consecrated a bishop on 23 April 1968 at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane).Anglican Archives In 1970 he ordained the first Aborigine to become a priest, Patrick Brisbane.Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 115.
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