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Christopher George Barlow
Christopher George Barlow
Born(1858-12-09)9 December 1858
Dublin, Ireland
Died30 August 1915(1915-08-30) (aged 56)
Cooma, NSW, Australia

Christopher George Barlow (9 December 1858 – 30 August 1915) was an Anglican bishop in Australia. He was a Bishop of North Queensland and a Bishop of Goulburn.

Early life

Barlow was born in Dublin and educated at Blackrock College before going into his stepfather's business. Later he went to Australia to be Secretary to his friend George Henry Stanton, the first Anglican Bishop of North Queensland.

Religious life

Ordained deacon in 1881 his first position was as a curate at Mackay. After he was ordained priest in 1882, he held incumbencies at St Paul's, Charters Towers 1882–1885, and at St James's Pro-Cathedral, Townsville 1886–1891. He was a missionary priest 1885–1886, and was in 1887 made honorary Canon, before succeeding Stanton as Bishop of North Queensland in 1891. He received the degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) the same year, after he was nominated bishop.

Barlow was consecrated an Anglican bishop on 25 July 1891. He was translated to Goulburn in 1902, with his election on 28 January and installation on 23 April. He established a short-lived theological college, the Clergy Training College, Goulburn, in 1906.

Later life

Barlow died on 30 August 1915, shortly after retiring on 31 March, and is buried at Mulwaree.

Legacy

A street in Townsville is named in his memory.

References

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  14. Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times Thursday, 30 January 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36678; col B
  15. "Australian Dictionary of Biography: Christopher George Barlow". Retrieved 22 March 2021.
  16. The Times, Wednesday, 1 Sep 1915; pg. 1; Issue 40948; col B Death of the Bishop of Goulburn
  17. "Mulwaree General Cemetery Master Plan" (PDF). p. 16. Archived from the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011.
  18. "The origins of Townville Street names" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 October 2009.

Further reading

External links

Media related to Christopher George Barlow at Wikimedia Commons

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Preceded byGeorge Stanton Bishop of North Queensland
1891 –1902 		Succeeded byGeorge Frodsham
Preceded byWilliam Chalmers Bishop of Goulburn
1902–1915 		Succeeded byLewis Radford
Bishops of North Queensland
Assistant bishops serving the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples
Other assistant bishops
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