Owen Thomas Lloyd Crossley (30 April 18603 March 1926) was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Auckland for a short period during the second decade of the 20th century. Educated at the

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and Trinity College, Dublin he was made deacon 8 June 1884 and ordained priest 31 May 1885, both times at Down;Blain, Michael. ''Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific – ordained before 1932'' (2019) pp. 362–4. (Accessed a
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26 June 2019) and began his ecclesiastical career with a

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, County Down. Incumbencies at St John's Church, Egremont and

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were followed by a period living in Australia, including six years (18 September 19051911) as Vicar of All Saints, St Kilda, and Archdeacon of Geelong. He was also Archbishop's Chaplain, a lecturer at St John's Theological College, Melbourne (1907-1911), and Chairman of Governors of

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. Not long after his appointment in 1905, he was elected to a vacancy on the Council of

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. On 25 March 1911, he was appointed to the

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as Bishop of Auckland. He was consecrated bishop on 25 April 1911 at St Mary's Cathedral, Auckland, by

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, Bishop of Christchurch. Ill health prompted his return from

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two years later — he resigned his See effective 30 September 1913 — and he served the remainder of his career as

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of St Andrew's Major near

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(1914–1917) and Assistant Bishop of Llandaff (2 June 191730 April 1921), retiring to Bramshott, Hampshire. He died after being hit by a motor-van, soon after alighting from a bus in London.The Times, Thursday, 4 March 1926; p. 16; Issue 44211; col C ''Road Accidents. Bishop Crossley Killed''

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