John Langley (bishop)

John Douse Langley (17 May 1836 – 8 November 1930) was the second Bishop of Bendigo from 1907 to 1920.[1]

Born in Ballyduff, County Waterford on 17 May 1836 he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin,[2] and at Moore College in New South Wales.[3]

He came to Australia with his family in 1853,[4] and after an earlier career with the Bank of Australasia was ordained in 1873. He held incumbencies in Berrima and Sydney before becoming Archdeacon of Cumberland in 1895 and a Canon of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney in 1902.

Dr. Langley succeeded his younger brother Henry Archdall Langley (1844–1906) who was the first Bishop of Bendigo.[5] He died on 8 November 1930.[6]

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry Archdall Langley	Bishop of Bendigo 1907– 1920	Succeeded by Donald Baker

References

1. ”The Clergy List” London, John Phillips, 1913
2. ‘LANGLEY, Rt Rev. John Douse’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2012
3. ADB Archived 2013-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
4. Langley, Rt. Rev. John Douse, pp.190-191 in Johns, F., Johns's Notable Australians and Who is Who in Australasia; A Dictionary of Biography Containing Records of the Careers of Men and Women of Distinction in the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand, Fred Johns, (Adelaide), 1908.
5. Henry Archdall Langley Australian Dictionary of Biography.
6. "Obituary: Dr. J. D. Langley", The Times (London, England), Monday, Nov 10, 1930; pg. 14; Issue 45666