John Frewer

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(1 November 1883 – 7 December 1974) was an

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. Frewer was born in Fulletby, Lincolnshire. He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury and Lincoln Theological College. He was ordained in 1909 and, after being a

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, he emigrated to Australia where he became

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to the Bishop of Bunbury - eventually becoming a canon of the diocese. A member of the Brotherhood of St Boniface, he was their

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from 1919 until his ordination to the

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. He served as second Bishop of North West Australia from 1929 to 1965.Peter Boyce, 'Frewer, John (1883–1974)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/frewer-john-10251/text18129, published first in hardcopy 1996, accessed online 22 March 2015
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1883 births People educated at The King's School, Canterbury Anglican bishops of North West Australia 1974 deaths English emigrants to Australia People from East Lindsey District Alumni of Lincoln Theological College {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub