Norman Kitchener Palmer CMG

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(2 October 1928 – 13 November 2008) was the eleventh Anglican Bishop of Melanesia and second

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of the Province of Melanesia. Palmer was educated at St John's College, Auckland and

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in 1966. His first post was as an Assistant Master and

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at All Hallows’ School, Pawa,

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. He was then

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at Alanguala Primary and then St Nicholas Primary. From 1973 to 1975 he was

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of St Barnabas when he became Bishop of Central Melanesia and ''ex officio''

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, posts he held until 1987. He was consecrated a bishop on 1 November 1975 at the

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.Anglican Archives

References

1928 births 2008 deaths 20th-century Anglican archbishops Anglican archbishops of Melanesia Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Members of the Order of the British Empire {{Anglican-bishop-stub