Howell Witt
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
- ↑ See his book Bush Bishop, Adelaide, Rigby, 1979, ISBN 0-7270-0987-7
- ↑ Crockfords(London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ↑ Index of WA obituaries
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Church website
- ↑ Priests and Prelates: The Daily Telegraph Book of Clerical Obituaries, T. Beeson (ed) London, Continuum, 2002 ISBN 0-8264-6337-1
- ↑ The Times, 3 September 1968; p.12; "Interview with Howell Witt"
- ↑ Interest in Rugby
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| 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 |
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