John Chisholm (archbishop of Melanesia)

John Wallace Chisholm, (14 September 1922 – 24 May 1975) was the tenth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia[1] and first Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia. He was educated at Trinity College, University of Melbourne [2] and ordained in 1947. His first post was as a Curate at St Stephen’s, Rochester Row, Westminster[3] after which he was Sub-Dean of the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Dogura, Papua and New Guinea. From 1964 to 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of New Guinea [4] when he became Bishop of Melanesia,[5] a post he held until 1975 when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province. He died shortly after his appointment as Primate.[6]

Notes

  1. ↑ Anglican history
  2. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ↑ Church web site
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ↑ Consecration details
  6. ↑ Project Canterbury
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Alfred Hill		 Bishop of Melanesia
1967–1975 		Succeeded by
Himself
as Archbishop of Melanesia
Preceded by
Himself
as Bishop of Melanesia		 Archbishop of Melanesia
1975 		Succeeded by
Norman Palmer