John Edward Mercer (1857–1922[1]) was the Bishop of Tasmania from 1902 until 1914.[2]
Educated at Rossall School and Lincoln College, Oxford and ordained in 1880 his first post was as a curate at Tanfield. He was then Missioner at his old school before two Manchester incumbencies.[3]
An eminent Christian scholar,[4] on his return from the Colonial Episcopate he continued to serve the Church as a Canon Residentiary at Chester Cathedral and finally, from 1919 until his death, as Archdeacon of Macclesfield.
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| Preceded by Henry Hutchinson Montgomery |
Bishop of Tasmania 1902 –1914 |
Succeeded by Reginald Stephen |
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