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 Church, Rochester Row, Westminster[3] after which he was Sub-Dean of Ss Peter and Paul Cathedral, Dogura, Territory of Papua and New Guinea.[4] From his consecration as a bishop on 24 February 1964[5] until 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of New Guinea[6] when he became Bishop of Melanesia,[7] a post he held until 26 January 1975 when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province and he automatically became Archbishop of Melanesia (and Primate) and Bishop of Central Melanesia.[8] He died on 24 May, shortly after signing the last paperwork of the Province's creation process.[9]

References

  1. ^ Anglican history
  2. ^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ^ Church web site Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ John biographical entry at the Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia
  5. ^ "Archived copy". anglicanarchives.org.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  7. ^ Consecration details Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ [1] p. 80
  9. ^ Project Canterbury
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of Melanesia
1967–1975 		Succeeded by
Himself
as Archbishop of Melanesia
Preceded by
Himself
as Bishop of Melanesia 		Archbishop of Melanesia
Bishop of Central Melanesia
1975 		Succeeded by


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