John Hudson (bishop)

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Wilfrid John Hudson CBE , AKC , [1] was the fourth Bishop of Carpentaria.

He was born on 12 June 1904, educated at Brighton College and trained for the priesthood at King's College London [2] and ordained in 1932 [3] After a curacy at St Barnabas, Pimlico [4] he went to Australia where he was Principal of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd in Dubbo and Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Bathurst. Returning to England he was Curate of All Saints, Woodham [5] then Rector of Letchworth until his appointment to the episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on 21 September 1950 by Reginald Halse, Archbishop of Brisbane, [6] to serve as diocesan Bishop of Carpentaria. After ten years in northern Australia he became bishop coadjutor of Brisbane, [7] until his retirement in 1973. He died on 16 February 1981.

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References

  1. The London Gazette
  2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   978-0-19-954087-7
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
  4. "Church web-site (1". Archived from the original on 9 November 2010. Retrieved 11 November 2009.
  5. Church web-site (2)
  6. "Archived copy". anglicanarchives.org.au. Archived from the original on 9 April 2013. Retrieved 14 January 2022.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. Special Services Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
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Preceded by Bishop of Carpentaria
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