Henry Newton (5 January 1866 – 25 September 1947) was an
Anglican
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bishop
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who served two
Southern Hemisphere diocese
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History
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s in the first half of the 20th century.
Early life
Newton was born Henry Wilkinson, the son of Thomas Wilkinson and his wife Anne (née Magney), in
Buckland, near
Beechworth
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,
Victoria
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. In 1876 he was adopted by the Rev
Frederick Robert Newton, and subsequently took his surname.
Clerical career
He was educated at
St. Paul's College, Sydney and
Merton College, Oxford
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. Ordained in 1891, after a
curacy
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at
St John's,
Hackney he returned to the
Antipodes
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where he became
priest
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at
St Agnes's Church,
Esk, Queensland
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, and then a
missionary
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in
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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. From 1915 to 1922 he was the second
Bishop of Carpentaria
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. During his term as bishop,
St Paul's Theological College, Moa
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, was opened for native students to train for ordination, and in 1919 he ordained the first two Torres Strait Islanders to become deacons,
Poey Passi
Poey Passi (1888 – 2 April 1958) was one of the first two Torres Strait Islanders to be ordained a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia (then called the Church of England in Australia) in 1925.
Early life
Passi was the son of the last o ...
and
Joseph Lui
Joseph Lui (died 17 May 1941) was one of the first two Torres Strait Islanders to be ordained a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia (then called the Church of England in Australia) in 1925.
Early life
Lui was the son of Lui Lifu (also ...
.
Translated
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to
New Guinea
New Guinea (; Hiri Motu
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in 1922, he retired in 1936.
Honours
In 1935, he was awarded the
King George V Silver Jubilee Medal
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Issue
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. He was one of six recipients from the region. After his death,
Newton Theological College
Newton Theological College is a Papua New Guinean educational institution in Popondetta, Papua New Guinea. It trains candidates for ordination in the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea.
History
Anglican mission activity commenced in the Territ ...
was renamed in his honour.
References
1866 births
Alumni of Merton College, Oxford
Anglican bishops of Carpentaria
Anglican bishops of New Guinea
20th-century Anglican bishops in Oceania
1947 deaths
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