Stephen Davies (bishop) explained

Stephen Harris Davies (1881-1961) was the third Bishop of Carpentaria.

Early life

Davies was born in 1883 and educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[1]

Religious life

Davies was ordained in 1909.[2] After a curacy at St Matthew's, Holbeck[3] he emigrated to Australia where he joined the Bush Brotherhood of St Paul in Charleville, Queensland,[4] serving as its head[5] until his ordination to the episcopate. In 1925 he ordained the first two Torres Strait Islanders to become priests, Poey Passi[6] and Joseph Lui.[7]

Later life

Davies retired in 1949 and died on 29 November 1961.[8] There is a memorial to him at St Michael, Waters Upton.[9]

Notes and References

  1. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]
  2. "The Clergy List” London, Kelly’s, 1913
  3. https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/228033 Church photo
  4. http://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/BUBRS158.htm Anglican archives
  5. http://christchurchcathedral.org.au/about-us/our-vision-and-history/ Christ Cathedral Darwin
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1932, p 1001.
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1932, p 822.
  8. [The Times]
  9. Book: Lichfield Diocesan Records. Church of England, Lichfield Diocese. English.