Sydney Caulton

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The Rt Revd Sydney Gething Caulton (1895^[1] – 23 August 1976) was a British clergyman who spent much of his career in New Zealand and the South Pacific.

A graduate of St Chad's College, Durham University, where he gained his M.A., Caulton was ordained in Liverpool in 1922, and remained there until 1930 when he became a missionary in the Diocese of Melanesia.

He arrived in New Zealand in 1937, with his wife and son, to become Vicar of Whakatane,^[2] and then Vicar of St Peter's, Onehunga. He was inducted Vicar of St Mary's, and installed as Dean of Auckland in February 1946.^[3] On 2 February 1948 he was consecrated Bishop of Melanesia in the Cathedral Church of St Mary, and based himself in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu). On completion of his time in Melanesia he became Vicar of the Parish of St George, Epsom, New Zealand before his return to England as Assistant Bishop of Southwark.^[4]

References

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, Oxford University Press OUP,1941
↑ Pacific Progress - Centenary book of the Melanesian Mission (includes picture of Caulton)
↑ National Archives

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Walter Baddeley	Bishop of Melanesia 1948–1958	Succeeded by Alfred Hill

v t e Deans of Auckland

Sydney Caulton Monty Monteith John Rymer Michael O'Connor Richard Randerson Ross Bay Jo Kelly-Moore

v t e Bishops and Archbishops of Melanesia

Bishops	John Patteson John Selwyn Cecil Wilson Cecil Wood John Steward Frederick Molyneux Walter Baddeley Sydney Caulton Alfred Hill John Chisholm

Archbishops	John Chisholm Norman Palmer Amos Waiaru Sir Ellison Pogo David Vunagi

Persondata
Name	Caulton, Sydney Gething
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Date of birth	1895
Place of birth
Date of death	23 August 1976
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