Wilfrid John Hudson , was the fourth

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. He was born on 12 June 1904, educated at

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and trained for the priesthood at King's College London and

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in 1932 After a

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, Pimlico he went to Australia where he was Principal of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd in Dubbo and

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to the Bishop of Bathurst. Returning to

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he was Curate of All Saints, Woodham then

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until his appointment to the

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. He was consecrated a bishop on 21 September 1950 by

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, Archbishop of Brisbane, to serve as diocesan Bishop of Carpentaria. After ten years in northern Australia he became bishop coadjutor of

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until his retirement in 1973. He died on 16 February 1981.

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1904 births People educated at Brighton College Alumni of the Theological Department of King's College London Associates of King's College London Anglican bishops of Carpentaria Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 1981 deaths Commanders of the Order of the British Empire {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub