John Langley (bishop)
John Douse Langley (17 May 1836 – 8 November 1930) was the second Bishop of Bendigo from 1907 to 1920.[1]
Born in Ballyduff, County Waterford on 17 May 1836 he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin,[2] and at Moore College in New South Wales.[3]
He came to Australia with his family in 1853,[4] and after an earlier career with the Bank of Australasia was ordained in 1873. He held incumbencies in Berrima and Sydney before becoming Archdeacon of Cumberland in 1895 and a Canon of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney in 1902.
Dr. Langley succeeded his younger brother Henry Archdall Langley (1844–1906) who was the first Bishop of Bendigo.[5] He died on 8 November 1930.[6]
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Henry Archdall Langley |
Bishop of Bendigo 1907– 1920 |
Succeeded by Donald Baker |
References
- "The Clergy List" London, John Phillips, 1913
- ‘LANGLEY, Rt Rev. John Douse’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2012
- ADB Archived 2013-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
- Langley, Rt. Rev. John Douse, pp.190-191 in Johns, F., Johns's Notable Australians and Who is Who in Australasia; A Dictionary of Biography Containing Records of the Careers of Men and Women of Distinction in the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand, Fred Johns, (Adelaide), 1908.
- Henry Archdall Langley Australian Dictionary of Biography.
- "Obituary: Dr. J. D. Langley". The Times (45666). London, England. 10 November 1930. p. 14.
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