Donald Blackwood Explained

Donald Burns Blackwood MC^[1] (3 November 1884 – 25 June 1967) was the third bishop of Gippsland from 1942 to 1954.^{[2] [3]}

Blackwood was educated at the University of Tasmania and ordained in 1908.^{[4] [5]} From 1912 to 1920 he was a chaplain in the Australian Armed Forces.^[6] Later he held incumbencies at Latrobe and Cressy. Whilst incumbent of Cressy (1921-24), he was also Warden of St Wilfrid's Theological College, Cressy.^[7] In 1929 he was appointed Archdeacon of Hobart,^[8] a position he held until his ordination to the episcopate.

Notes and References

1. http://www.holytrinityhobart.org/index.php?page=story&id=13 Tasmanian Times
2. http://www.gippsanglican.org.au/history.html Diocesan history
3. [The Times]
4. Who was Who, 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007,
5. The Clergy List, London, Kelly’s, 1913
6. Web site: Donald Burns Blackwood – Discovering Anzacs . . October 10, 2014.
7. Web site: Anglican History. 25 March 2021. 23 January 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210123034800/http://anglicanhistory.org/aus/cci/index.pdf. dead.
8. http://www.holytrinityhobart.org/index.php?page=story&id=13 Holy Trinity Hobart