John Chisholm (archbishop of Melanesia)

John Wallace Chisholm, (14 September 1923 – 24 May 1975) was an Australian divine who served as the tenth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia[1] and first Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia. He was educated at Trinity College, University of Melbourne[2] and ordained in 1947. His first post was as a Curate at St Stephen's, Rochester Row, Westminster[3] after which he was Sub-Dean of the Cathedral of St Peter and St Paul, Dogura, Papua and New Guinea.[4] From his consecration as a bishop on 24 February 1964[5] until 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of New Guinea[6] when he became Bishop of Melanesia,[7] a post he held until 26 January 1975 when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province and he automatically became Archbishop of Melanesia (and Primate) and Bishop of Central Melanesia.[8] He died on 24 May, shortly after signing the last paperwork of the Province's creation process.[9]

References

1. Anglican history
2. "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. Church web site Archived 2011-07-28 at the Wayback Machine
4. John biographical entry at Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
7. Consecration details Archived 2013-04-10 at the Wayback Machine
8. p. 80
9. Project Canterbury

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Alfred Hill	Bishop of Melanesia 1967–1975	Succeeded by Himself as Archbishop of Melanesia
Preceded by Himself as Bishop of Melanesia	Archbishop of Melanesia Bishop of Central Melanesia 1975	Succeeded by Norman Palmer