Sydney Caulton

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

  1. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, Oxford University Press OUP,1941
  3. ↑ Pacific Progress - Centenary book of the Melanesian Mission (includes picture of Caulton)
  4. ↑ National Archives
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Walter Baddeley		 Bishop of Melanesia
1948–1958 		Succeeded by
Alfred Hill