Alfred Hill (bishop)
Alfred Thomas Hill CMG MBE (2 November 1901 – 27 August 1969) was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia.[1]
He was consecrated on Trinity Sunday 1954 (13 June), by Reginald Owen, Archbishop of New Zealand and Bishop of Wellington, at All Saints', Honiara.[2][3] Made a deacon in 1938 and ordained priest in 1939,[4] he had previously been Headmaster of Boys’ School Pawa, Ugi Island (1938–1954).[5] 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
[edit]- ^ The Times, Wednesday, May 17, 1967; pg. 10; Issue 56943; col E Bishop Of Melanesia to retire
- ^ "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.
- ^ NLA
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
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