Howell Witt

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Howell Arthur John Witt (12 July 1920 – 8 July 1998) was an Australian bishop for over 25 years who served two very different dioceses in the mid 20th century.[1][2][3]

Witt was educated at Leeds University and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.[4] Ordained in 1945 after curacies at Usk and Camberwell he emigrated to Australia where he became chaplain at the Woomera Rocket Station, South Australia, rector of St Mary Magdalene's Adelaide[5] and then Elizabeth. A hugely colourful character,[6] he was ordained to the episcopate in 1965 and was often featured in the media.[7] He was a keen rugby fan.[8]

References

  1. ↑ See his book Bush Bishop, Adelaide, Rigby, 1979, ISBN 0-7270-0987-7
  2. ↑ Crockfords(London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
  3. ↑ Index of WA obituaries
  4. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  5. ↑ Church website
  6. ↑ Priests and Prelates: The Daily Telegraph Book of Clerical Obituaries, T. Beeson (ed) London, Continuum, 2002 ISBN 0-8264-6337-1
  7. ↑ The Times, 3 September 1968; p.12; "Interview with Howell Witt"
  8. ↑ Interest in Rugby
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Frewer		 Bishop of North West Australia
1965 –1981 		Succeeded by
Gerald Bruce Muston
Preceded by
Ernest Kenneth Leslie		 Bishop of Bathurst
1981 –1989 		Succeeded by
Bruce Winston Wilson

Notes

Bishops of Bathurst
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