Hamish Jamieson Explained

Hamish Thomas Umphelby Jamieson was an Australian retired Anglican bishop.^{[1] [2]}

Early life

Hamish Jamieson was born on 15 February 1932 and educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, St Michael's House (Society of the Sacred Mission), Crafers, South Australia, and the University of New England (Australia).^[3]

Religious life

Jamieson was ordained in 1956.^[4] He was a member of the Bush Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd^[5] from 1957 to 1962 when he became rector of Darwin, a post he held for five years. He was then a Royal Australian Navy chaplain until 1974 when he became the Bishop of Carpentaria (covering the north of Queensland and all of the Northern Territory) with his consecration as a bishop on 1 November at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane)).^[6]

A decade later he was translated to Bunbury,^[7] retiring in 2000.

Death

Jamieson died on Monday 27 November 2023. The funeral was held at St Boniface's Catholic Cathedral in Bunbury on 20 December 2023.^{[8] [9]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: Autographs of religious leaders: JAL-JD. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20120603211035/http://www.havelshouseofhistory.com/Autographs%20of%20Religious%20Leaders%20JAL-JD.htm. 3 June 2012. 5 August 2021. Havel's House of History.
2. Web site: The Umphelby Family. usurped. https://web.archive.org/web/20140217095848/http://theforsterfamily.com/The%20Umphelby%20Family.pdf. 17 February 2014. 5 August 2021.
3. [Who's Who]
4. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
5. "Brothers in the Sun - a History of the Bush Brotherhood Movement in the Outback of Australia" Webb,R.A. Port Melbourne Rigby, 1978
6. http://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/SPSES257.htm Anglican Archives
7. http://www.anglican.org.au/docs/GSProceedings1995.DOC 1995 Synod
8. Web site: Funeral of Bishop Hamish . 2024-01-26 . St Boniface Anglican Cathedral . en-AU.
9. Web site: Hamish Thomas Umphelby JAMIESON . 2024-01-26 . Sydney Morning Herald.