Eric Hawkey

Ernest Eric Hawkey was the sixth Bishop of Carpentaria.[1]

He was born on 1 June 1909, educated at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney [2] and ordained in 1936.[3] After curacies at St Alban’s, Ultimo and St Paul, Burwood[4] he was Priest in charge at Kandos. From 1947 to 1968 he was Secretary of the Australian Board of Missions and from 1962 a Canon Residentiary at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane[5] when he was ordained to the episcopate he died on 25 July 1986.

References

  1. ↑ Anglican Archives Archived April 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine.
  2. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
  4. ↑ Church web-site
  5. ↑ Parish records created by the provenance of St John's Cathedral
Religious titles
Preceded by
Seering John Matthews		 Bishop of Carpentaria
1968–1974 		Succeeded by
Hamish Thomas Umphelby Jamieson

Notes


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