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Alfred Hill (bishop)

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Alfred Thomas Hill CMG MBE (2 November 1901 – 27 August 1969) was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia.

He was consecrated on Trinity Sunday 1954 (13 June), by Reginald Owen, Archbishop of New Zealand and Bishop of Wellington, at All Saints', Honiara. Made a deacon in 1938 and ordained priest in 1939, he had previously been Headmaster of Boys’ School Pawa, Ugi Island (1938–1954). He became a Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) and a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE).

References

  1. The Times, Wednesday, May 17, 1967; pg. 10; Issue 56943; col E Bishop Of Melanesia to retire
  2. "Great day for Melanesia". Church Times. No. 4767. 18 June 1954. p. 465. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  3. NLA
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded bySydney Caulton Bishop of Melanesia
1954–1967
Succeeded byJohn Chisholm
Bishops and Archbishops of Melanesia
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