John Holmes (bishop)
The Right Reverend John Garraway Holmes (died September 1904 in Worthing, West Sussex) was an Anglican Bishop. He was buried at Broadwater Cemetery in Worthing.[1]
Education
He graduated from University College, Oxford in 1862 and was ordained priest in 1864 by the Bishop of Peterborough. He was a curate at Christ Church, Reading from 1866–1869 and St. Mark's Church, Reigate from 1869–1870 and St. Mary Magdalene, Wandsworth Common from 1870 - 1883.
Career
He was appointed Vicar of St. Philip's Church, Sydenham in 1883 - 1889. In 1888 he was elected to the London School Board representing Greenwich as a member of the "Church Party".[2] He resigned from the board in the following year.[3] He was Dean of Grahamstown, South Africa and rector of the St. Michael and St. George Cathedral from 1889–1899 and was also Archdeacon from 1895.[4]
In July 1899 he was consecrated in St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town as third Bishop of St Helena.[4]
He received an honorary doctorate of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in June 1901.[5]
References
- ↑ "Obituary. The Bishop Of St. Helena.". Nottingham Evening Post. 29 September 1904. Retrieved 2014-09-04 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The London School Board. Result of the Polls". The Morning Post. 28 November 1888. p. 3 col G – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ↑ "The London School Board". Reynolds's Newspaper. 20 October 1889. p. 8 col E – via British Newspaper Archive.
- 1 2 Wills, Walter H. (2006). The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907. Jeppestown Press. pp. 415–. ISBN 978-0-9553936-3-1.
- ↑ "University intelligence" The Times (London). Friday, 21 June 1901. (36487), p. 11.
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