Bishop of Melanesia

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The Bishop of Melanesia was the head of the Diocese of Melanesia from 1961 until the inauguration of Church of the Province of Melanesia in 1975. In that year the office was replaced by the Archbishop of Melanesia and regional diocesan bishops.

[edit] List of holders

  1. John Coleridge Patteson, 1861-1871
  2. John Richardson Selwyn, 1877-1892
  3. Cecil Wilson, 1894-1911
  4. Cecil Wood, 1911-1919
  5. John Manwaring Steward, 1919-1928
  6. Frederick M. Molyneux, 1928-1932
  7. Walter Hubert Baddeley, 1932-1947
  8. S. G. Caulton, 1947-1958
  9. Alfred Thomas Hill, 1958-1968
  10. John Wallace Chisholm 1968-1975]], the last Bishop of Melanesia.
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