Joseph John Booth (26 May 1887 – 30 October 1965) was the 7th

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Archbishop of Melbourne. Booth was educated at the University of Melbourne and ordained as a priest in 1914. His first position was as a

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to the

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during World War I. When peace came he became vicar of Fairfield, Victoria and later the

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of Dandenong before becoming a

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in the Melbourne diocese (with the courtesy title of "Bishop of Geelong") and often deputised for the archbishop,

Frederick Waldegrave Head Frederick Waldegrave Head MC & Bar (18 April 1874 – 18 December 1941) was Anglican archbishop of Melbourne, Australia. Head was born in Tollington Park, London, the son of the Rev. Canon George Frederick Head and his wife Mary Henrietta, ''né ...

. In 1936 he additionally became

of Melbourne. Booth became the archbishop of the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne in 1942. Further wartime service with the Allied Invasion ForcesBooth was Deputy Assistant Chaplain-General, ''Who's Who'' provided an unusual start to an episcopate. He retired in 1957.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Booth, Joseph John Booth 1887 births University of Melbourne alumni 20th-century Anglican archbishops World War I chaplains 1965 deaths Archdeacons of Melbourne Anglican archbishops of Melbourne Assistant bishops in the Anglican Diocese of Melbourne Bishops of Geelong