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John Feetham (bishop)
John Oliver Feetham (28 January 1873 – 14 September 1947) was a long-serving Anglican bishop in Australia, who was aligned with the Anglo-Catholic tradition. He was the Anglican Bishop of North Queensland from 1913 until his death in 1947. Early life Feetham was born into an ecclesiastical family, his father was the Reverend William Feetham, Rural Dean of Raglan, Monmouthshire and his mother the daughter of an archdeacon. He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Religious life Feetham was ordained in 1899. After a curacy at St Simon Zelotes, Bethnal Green, he was Principal of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd (one of the Australian Bush Brotherhoods). In 1913 he was ordained to the episcopate as the fourth Bishop of North Queensland."Ecclesiastical Intelligence. New Bishop Of North Queensland", ''The Times'' 1 November 1912, p. 4. Feetham established a number of Anglican schools in North Queensland: * All Souls and St Gabriel's in C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bush Brotherhood
The Bush Brotherhood was a group of Anglican religious orders providing itinerant priests to minister to sparsely-settled rural districts in Australia. They were described as a "band of men" who could "preach like Apostles" and "ride like cowboys". History The St Andrew's Bush Brotherhood was established in 1897 in Longreach, Queensland, by the Bishop of Stepney, Canon Body and the Bishop of Rockhampton, Nathaniel Dawes. The first group of brothers was led by the Reverend George Halford. The Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd was established about 1903 in Dubbo, New South Wales. The Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd published '' The Bush Brother'' magazine from 1904 to 1980. The Bush Brotherhood of St Boniface operated in the Diocese of Bunbury in Western Australia from July 1911 to 1929. In 1922, Bryan Robin published a book ''"The Sundowner"'' about his experiences in the Bush Brotherhood of St Barnabas in North Queensland from 1914 to 1921. This book attracted other priests t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clergy From Cheshire
Clergy are formal leaders within established religions. Their roles and functions vary in different religious traditions, but usually involve presiding over specific rituals and teaching their religion's doctrines and practices. Some of the terms used for individual clergy are clergyman, clergywoman, clergyperson, churchman, and cleric, while clerk in holy orders has a long history but is rarely used. In Christianity, the specific names and roles of the clergy vary by denomination and there is a wide range of formal and informal clergy positions, including deacons, elders, priests, bishops, preachers, pastors, presbyters, ministers, and the pope. In Islam, a religious leader is often known formally or informally as an imam, caliph, qadi, mufti, mullah, muezzin, or ayatollah. In the Jewish tradition, a religious leader is often a rabbi (teacher) or hazzan (cantor). Etymology The word ''cleric'' comes from the ecclesiastical Latin ''Clericus'', for those belonging ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1873 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat the United States Army. * February 11 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I, and proclaims the First Spanish Republic. * February 12 ** Emilio Castelar, the former foreign minister, becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic. ** The Coinage Act of 1873 in the United States is signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant; coming into effect on April 1, it ends bimetallism in the U.S., and places the country on the gold standard. * February 20 ** The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco. ** British naval officer John Moresby discovers the site of Port Moresby, and claims the land for Britain. * March 3 – Censorship: The United States Congress enacts the Comstock Law, making it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilfrid Bernard Belcher
Wilfrid Bernard Belcher MC, (25 July 1891 – 28 January 1963) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century. Early life Belcher was educated at King's School, Bruton and Keble College, Oxford, the son of William Henry Belcher, a Newbury solicitor and his wife, Mary. Religious life Belcher was ordained in 1922. His early career was spent with the Bush Brotherhood in Australia. He held incumbencies at Rickmansworth, Cheshunt and Durban before being appointed Bishop of North Queensland in 1947, a post he held for five years. He was consecrated a bishop on 15 February 1948. After this he was Rector of Diss and Assistant Bishop of Norwich, then Vicar of York cum Ravensworth in Natal. His last post was that of Rector of Ovington, Hampshire. Later life He died on 28 January 1963.The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Horsfall Frodsham
George Horsfall Frodsham (1863–1937) was an English-born Anglican priest. From 1902 to 1913 he was the Bishop of North Queensland in Australia. Early life Frodsham was born in Sale Moor, Cheshire, England on 14 September 1863, the son of James Frodsham and his wife Jane (née Horsfall). He was educated at Birkenhead School Birkenhead School is an independent, academically-selective, co-educational day school located in Oxton, Wirral, in North West England. The school offers educational opportunities for girls and boys from three months to eighteen years of age. ... and University College, Durham. Religious life Frodsham trained for ordination at St Aidan's College, Birkenhead and was ordained both deacon and priest in 1889. His first positions were Curate, curacies at St Thomas' Leeds and St Margaret's Ilkley. From 1896 he was Rector (ecclesiastical), Rector of St Thomas Church of England, St Thomas’ in Toowong, Queensland, Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Calendar Of Saints (Anglican Church Of Australia)
The calendar of the Anglican Church of Australia (as published in ''A Prayer Book for Australia'' 995 follows Anglican tradition with the addition of significant people and events in the church in Australia. ''Principal festivals'' (principal holy days) may not be displaced. ''Festivals'' (holy days), if falling on a Sunday, may be displaced to a following weekday. The celebration of lesser festivals (commemorations) is optional. Principal festivals Most of these are moveable feasts. * Easter * Ascension * Pentecost * Trinity Sunday * All Saints' Day, 1 November * Christmas, 25 December * Epiphany, 6 January * Baptism of Jesus * Ash Wednesday * Maundy Thursday * Good Friday Festivals * The Naming and Circumcision of Jesus, 1 January * The Presentation of Christ in the Temple, 2 February * Matthias, 24 February or 14 May * Joseph, 19 March * The Annunciation to Mary, 25 March * Mark the Evangelist, 25 April (or 26 April if ANZAC Day is observed on the 25th) * Philip an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St James' Cathedral, Townsville
St James Cathedral is a heritage-listed cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland at 36 Cleveland Terrace, Townsville, City of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It was designed by Arthur Blacket and was built in 1887 by MacMahon & Cliffe. It was added to the Queensland Heritage Register on 21 October 1992. Built atop Melton Hill the large red-brick structure is a well-known landmark of the Townsville central business district. History St James Cathedral was erected in two stages, 1887–1892 and 1959–1960, for the Anglican Diocese of North Queensland. Prior to the construction of a church, Anglican services in Townsville were conducted at the court house. The first Anglican church was established on Melton Hill, purchased with the aid of parishioners at a sale of crown lands and work began on the on 24 May 1871. The structure was constructed of weatherboard with a shingle roof. When Townsville was established in the mid-1860s, its Anglican parishioners we ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herberton, Queensland
Herberton is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Herberton had a population of 855 people. Geography Herberton is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is situated high on the Great Dividing Range south-west of Atherton. Vegetation ranges from tropical rainforest to the east, wet sclerophyll forests to the north and east and open sclerophyll forests and woodlands to the north and west. History The first European exploration of this area, part of the traditional land of the Dyirbal, was undertaken in 1875 by James Venture Mulligan. Mulligan was prospecting for gold, but instead found tin. The town of Herberton was established on 19 April 1880 by John Newell to exploit the tin find, and mining began on 9 May 1880. By September 1880, Herberton had a population of 300 men and 27 women. Herberton Post Office opened on 22 November 1880. The town's name is attributed to John Newell. It is be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cathedral School, Townsville
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Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia. With a population of 180,820 as of June 2018, it is the largest settlement in North Queensland; it is unofficially considered its capital. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. Townsville hosts a significant number of governmental, community and major business administrative offices for the northern half of the state. Part of the larger local government area of the City of Townsville, it is in the dry tropics region of Queensland, adjacent to the central section of the Great Barrier Reef. The city is also a major industrial centre, home to one of the world's largest zinc refineries, a nickel refinery and many other similar activities. As of December 2020, $30M operations to expand the Port of Townsville are underway, which involve channel widening and installation of a 70-tonne Liebherr Super Post Panamax Ship-to-Shore crane, to allow much larger cargo and passenger ships to utilise the port. It is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Anne's School, Townsville
The Cathedral School, Townsville, officially The Cathedral School of St Anne and St James, is an Independent school, independent Anglican Church of Australia, Anglican Mixed-sex education, co-educational Pre-school education, early learning, Primary school, primary and Secondary school, secondary Day school, day and Boarding school, boarding school, located in the Townsville suburb of , Queensland, Australia. Established in 1917, the school caters for children through early learning to Kindergarten, Prep through to Year 12, with boarding students from Year 7 to Year 12. History The School was established in 1917 as St Anne's, a girls' school operated by the Society of the Sacred Advent, Sisters of the Society of the Sacred Advent. The original school operated in the Synod Hall adjacent to St James' Cathedral, Townsville, St James Cathedral, but soon moved to its own premises on the site which is now occupied by the City of Townsville, Townsville City Council (Walker Street). Duri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
