Norman Palmer (bishop)

Norman Kitchener Palmer CMG MBE (2 October 1928 – 13 November 2008) was the eleventh Anglican Bishop of Melanesia and second Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia.^[1]

Palmer was educated at St John's College, Auckland ^[2] and ordained in 1966.^[3] His first post was as an Assistant Master and Chaplain at All Hallows’ School, Pawa, Melanesia. He was then Priest/Headmaster at Alanguala Primary and then St Nicholas Primary. From 1973 to 1975 he was Dean of St Barnabas when he became Bishop of Central Melanesia and ex officio Archbishop of Melanesia, posts he held until 1987.

References

↑ Anglican Communion
↑ ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by John Chisholm	Archbishop of Melanesia 1975–1987	Succeeded by Amos Waiaru

Bishops and Archbishops of Melanesia

Bishops	John Patteson John Selwyn Cecil Wilson Cecil Wood John Steward Frederick Molyneux Walter Baddeley Sydney Caulton Alfred Hill John Chisholm

Archbishops	John Chisholm Norman Palmer Amos Waiaru Sir Ellison Pogo David Vunagi

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