John Chisholm (archbishop of Melanesia)

John Wallace Chisholm, (14 September 1923 – 24 May 1975) was an Australian divine who served as the tenth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia[1] and first Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia. He was educated at Trinity College, University of Melbourne[2] and ordained in 1947. His first post was as a Curate at St Stephen's, Rochester Row, Westminster[3] after which he was Sub-Dean of the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Dogura, Papua and New Guinea.[4] From his consecration as a bishop on 24 February 1964[5] until 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of New Guinea[6] when he became Bishop of Melanesia,[7] a post he held until 26 January 1975 when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province and he automatically became Archbishop of Melanesia (and Primate) and Bishop of Central Melanesia.[8] He died on 24 May, shortly after signing the last paperwork of the Province's creation process.[9]

References

1. Anglican history
2. "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. Church web site Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
4. John biographical entry at Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
7. Consecration details Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
8. p. 80
9. Project Canterbury