Ian Shevill

Ian Wotton Allnutt Shevill AO (11 May 1917 – 3 November 1988) was an Australian Anglican bishop[1] in the second half of the 20th century.

Shevill was educated at Scot’s College, Sydney and Sydney University.[2] He was ordained in 1941[3] and his first position was as a curate of St Paul's Burwood, New South Wales.[4] From 1948 to 1953 he worked for the Society for the Propagation of Gospel when he was ordained to the episcopate as Bishop of North Queensland, a post he held for 17 years. In 1970 he became Secretary of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and in 1973 Bishop of Newcastle.[5] An author,[6] he retired in 1977 and died on 3 November 1988.

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Wilfrid Bernard Belcher		 Bishop of North Queensland
1953 –1970		 Succeeded by
Hurtle John Lewis
Preceded by
James Alan George Housden		 Bishop of Newcastle, NSW
1973 –1977		 Succeeded by
Alfred Charles Holland

References

  1. ^ Church news New bishop for Australia, The Times, 22 December 1972; pg. 15; Issue 58663; col E
  2. ^ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 071363457X
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1976, ISBN 0108153674
  4. ^ Church website
  5. ^ Diocesan History
  6. ^ Amongst others he wrote “New Dawn in Papua”, 1946; “Pacific Conquest”, 1948; “God’s World at Prayer”, 1951; “Orthodox and other Eastern Churches in Australia”, 1964; “Going it with God”, 1969; “One Man’s Meditations”, 1982; “O, My God”, 1982; and “Between Two Sees”, 1988 > National Library of Australia accessed Saturday 5 September 2009
Bishops of North Queensland