David Garnsey

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David Arthur Garnsey (31 July 1909 – 14 July 1996[1]) was the 5th Bishop of Gippsland[2] from 1959 until 1974.

Educated at the University of Sydney[3] and New College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1935.[4] His first post was as a Curate at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin, Oxford.[5] From 1941 he was Rector of Young, New South Wales and later (until his ordination to the episcopate) headmaster of Canberra Grammar School.

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Edwin John Davidson		 Bishop of Gippsland
1959–1974 		Succeeded by
Graham Richard Delbridge

Notes

  1. ↑ Papers of Bishop Garnsey
  2. ↑ Diocesan history
  3. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. ↑ The Times, Monday, Dec 23, 1935; pg. 6; Issue 47254; col A Ecclesiastical News Advent Ordinations
  5. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
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