Henry Newton (bishop)

Henry Newton (5 January 1866 – 25 September 1947) was an Anglican colonial bishop who served two Southern Hemisphere dioceses in the first half of the 20th century.[1]

Henry Newton

He was educated at St. Paul's College, Sydney and Merton College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1891,[3] after a curacy at St John's, Hackney[4] he emigrated to the Antipodes where he became Priest at Esk, Queensland[5] and then a missionary in New Guinea. From 1915 to 1922 he was the second Bishop of Carpentaria. Translated to New Guinea in 1922, he retired in 1936.

References

1. The Times, Saturday, Sep 27, 1947; pg. 4; Issue 50877; col G Obituary The Rt Rev H.Newton
2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
4. Church website
5. Project Canterbury