Tony Hall-Matthews
Anthony Francis Berners "Tony" Hall-Matthews was the last Bishop of Carpentaria.
He was born into an ecclesiastical family[1] on 14 November 1940 and educated at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane and James Cook University. He was ordained in 1966.[2] After a curacy in Darwin he was chaplain of the Carpentaria Aerial Mission and then rector of Normanton. From 1976 to 1984 he was the Archdeacon of Cape York Peninsula when he was ordained to the episcopate.[3] Known as the "Flying Bishop" he retired in 1996.[4]
References
- ↑ His father was the Rev. Cecil Berners Hall, Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ Anglican Archives
- ↑ Rural Legends
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| Preceded by Hamish Jamieson |
Bishop of Carpentaria 1984–1996 |
Succeeded by Last incumbent |
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