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 1964 to 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of New Guinea ^[5] when he became Bishop of Melanesia,^[6] a post he held until 1975 when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province. He died shortly after his appointment as Primate.^[7]

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1. Anglican history
2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. Church web site
4. John biographical entry at Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
6. Consecration details
7. Project Canterbury