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]

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

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

Religious titles
Preceded by Gilbert White	Bishop of Carpentaria 1915–1922	Succeeded by Stephen Harris Davies
Preceded by Gerald Sharp	Bishop of New Guinea 1922–1936	Succeeded by Philip Strong

Bishops of Carpentaria

Gilbert White Henry Newton Stephen Davies John Hudson John Matthews Eric Hawkey Hamish Jamieson Tony Hall-Matthews

Bishops of New Guinea

Montagu Stone-Wigg Gerald Sharp Henry Newton Philip Strong David Hand diocese split; see Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea

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