Donald Baker (bishop) explained

Donald Baker (1882 – 19 June 1968) was the Anglican Bishop of Bendigo from 1920 until 1938.^[1]

He was born in 1882 in Portsmouth and educated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.^[2] After curacies in Cambridge, Sydney and Summer Hill, New South Wales he was Rector of St George's Hobart from 1913 to 1920 when he was ordained to the episcopate.^[3]

He was for 15 years principal of Ridley Theological College, retiring in early 1953.^[4]

Rev. Harold Napier Baker (c. 1877–1950), rector of St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney 1919–1945, was a brother.

Notes and References

1. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
2. Baker, Rt Rev. Donald, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2012
3. http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article4632802 National Library of Australia
4. News: Bishop Baker Farewelled . . 30,505 . Victoria, Australia . 5 February 1953 . 28 July 2022 . 3 . National Library of Australia.