Henry Newton (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Henry Newton
Bishop of New Guinea
Church:Church of England in Australia
Diocese:New Guinea
Predecessor:Gerald Sharp
Successor:Philip Strong
Term:1922–1936
Other Post:Bishop of Carpentaria, 1915–1922
Ordination:1891
Consecration:1915
Birth Date:5 January 1866
Birth Place:Buckland, Victoria

Henry Newton (5 January 1866 – 25 September 1947) was an Anglican colonial bishop who served two Southern Hemisphere dioceses in the first half of the 20th century.[1]

Early life

Newton was born Henry Wilkinson, the son of Thomas Wilkinson and his wife Anne (née Magney), in Buckland, near Beechworth, Victoria. In 1876 he was adopted by the Rev Frederick Robert Newton, and subsequently took his surname.[2]

Clerical career

He was educated at St. Paul's College, Sydney and Merton College, Oxford.[3] Ordained in 1891,[4] after a curacy at St John's, Hackney[5] he returned to the Antipodes where he became priest at St Agnes's Church, Esk, Queensland,[6] and then a missionary in New Guinea.[7] From 1915 to 1922 he was the second Bishop of Carpentaria. During his term as bishop, St Paul's Theological College, Moa, was opened for native students to train for ordination,[8] and in 1919 he ordained the first two Torres Strait Islanders to become deacons, Poey Passi[9] and Joseph Lui.[10] Translated to New Guinea in 1922, he retired in 1936.

Honours

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.[11] He was one of six recipients from the region.[12] After his death, Newton Theological College was renamed in his honour.[13]

Notes and References

  1. "The Rt Rev H. Newton" (obituary), The Times, 27 September 1947, p. 4.
  2. Web site: Project Canterbury: Cable Clerical Index. 30 October 2021. 22 May 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220522065925/http://anglicanhistory.org/aus/cci/. dead.
  3. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  5. Web site: St John At Hackney Church - The Unofficial Fan Site - Read About Bible Translation, SEO Lancashire, Coffee. 2021-05-07. St John at Hackney Church. en-GB.
  6. Web site: The Life Story of the Rev. Frederick Robert Newton By Henry Newton; Edited by Robert Leycester Dawson (1940). 2021-05-07. anglicanhistory.org.
  7. Book: [[Richard Malden|Malden Richard (ed)]] . Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn) . London . The Field Press. 239. 1920 .
  8. News: ANGLICAN. . . 13,243 . New South Wales, Australia . 14 April 1917 . 1 November 2021 . 13 . National Library of Australia.
  9. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1932, p 1001.
  10. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1932, p 822.
  11. News: 1935-05-17. THE KING'S OWN JUBILEE MEDAL. 7. Papuan Courier (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : 1917 - 1942). 2021-09-16.
  12. News: 1935-05-17. THE KING'S OWN JUBILEE MEDAL. 7. Papuan Courier (Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea : 1917 - 1942). 2021-09-16.
  13. Web site: Campbell, T W, Religious Communities of the Anglican Communion: Australia, New Zealand and the South Pacific, (2007: published privately), ISBN 9780975700426, p 138. 28 March 2021.