John Wallace Chisholm, (14 September 192324 May 1975) was an Australian divine who served as the tenth

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Bishop of Melanesia and first

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of the Province of Melanesia. He was educated at

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and

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in 1947. His first post was as a

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after which he was

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of Ss Peter and Paul Cathedral, Dogura,

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. From his consecration as a bishop on 24 February 1964 until 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of New Guinea when he became Bishop of Melanesia, a post he held until 26 January 1975 when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province and he automatically became Archbishop of Melanesia (and

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) and Bishop of Central Melanesia. He died on 24 May, shortly after signing the last paperwork of the Province's creation process.Project Canterbury
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1923 births 1975 deaths Religious leaders from Melbourne University of Melbourne alumni People educated at Trinity College (University of Melbourne) 20th-century Anglican bishops in Oceania Anglican bishops of Melanesia Anglican archbishops of Melanesia {{australia-anglican-bishop-stub