John Holmes (bishop)

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John Garraway Holmes (died September 1904 in Worthing, West Sussex) was an Anglican bishop. He was buried at Broadwater Cemetery in Worthing. [1]

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Education

He graduated from University College, Oxford in 1862 and was ordained priest in 1864 by the Bishop of Peterborough. He was a curate at Christ Church, Reading from 1866 to 1869 and St. Mark's Church, Reigate from 1869 to 1870 and St. Mary Magdalene, Wandsworth Common from 1870 - 1883.

Career

He was appointed vicar of St. Philip's Church, Sydenham in 1883 - 1889. In 1888 he was elected to the London School Board representing Greenwich as a member of the "Church Party". [2] He resigned from the board in the following year. [3] He was dean of Grahamstown, South Africa and rector of the St. Michael and St. George Cathedral from 1889 to 1899 and was also archdeacon from 1895. [4]

In July 1899 he was consecrated in St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town as third bishop of St Helena. [4]

He received an honorary doctorate of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in June 1901. [5]

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References

  1. "Obituary. The Bishop Of St. Helena". Nottingham Evening Post. 29 September 1904. Retrieved 4 September 2014 via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. "The London School Board. Result of the Polls". The Morning Post . 28 November 1888. p. 3 col G via British Newspaper Archive.
  3. "The London School Board". Reynolds's Newspaper. 20 October 1889. p. 8 col E via British Newspaper Archive.
  4. 1 2 Wills, Walter H. (2006). The Anglo-African Who's Who and Biographical Sketchbook, 1907. Jeppestown Press. pp. 415–. ISBN   978-0-9553936-3-1.
  5. "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36487. London. 21 June 1901. p. 11.