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Gilbert White (9 June 1859 – 1 April 1933) was an Anglican
Gilbert White (9 June 1859 – 1 April 1933) was an Anglican bishop
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
who served two Australian
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diocese
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History
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s for 25 years.
Early life
Gilbert White was born on 9 June 1859 atRondebosch
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History
Four years after the first Dutch s ...
, South Africa, the son of Francis Gilbert White, clergyman, and his wife Lucy (née Gilderdale). He was named after his great-grand-uncle, the naturalist.
White was educated at Fettes College
Fettes College () is a co-educational independent boarding and day school in Edinburgh, Scotland, with over two-thirds of its pupils in residence on campus. The school was originally a boarding school for boys only and became co-ed in 1983. In ...
and Oriel College, Oxford.
Religious life
Ordained in 1883, after acuracy
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at Helston
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White emigrated to Australia where he became Rector
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of Charters Towers
Charters Towers is a rural town in the Charters Towers Region, Queensland, Australia. It is by road south-west from Townsville on the Flinders Highway. During the last quarter of the 19th century, the town boomed as the rich gold deposits unde ...
and then Herberton
Herberton is a rural town and locality in the Tablelands Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , the locality of Herberton had a population of 855 people.
Geography
Herberton is on the Atherton Tableland in Far North Queensland. It is situa ...
, both in Queensland
)
, nickname = Sunshine State
, image_map = Queensland in Australia.svg
, map_caption = Location of Queensland in Australia
, subdivision_type = Country
, subdivision_name = Australia
, established_title = Before federation
, establishe ...
. From 1890 to 1900 he was Archdeacon of North Queensland. He was raised to the episcopate
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
in 1900 as the inaugural Bishop of Carpentaria
The Anglican Diocese of Carpentaria was an Anglican diocese in northern Australia from 1900 to 1996. It included most of northern Queensland, the islands of the Torres Strait and, until 1968, all of the Northern Territory. The see was based at ...
. One of his first acts was to establish a small theological college, Bishop's College. In 1915, he translated
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to head up the new Willochra Diocese in South Australia
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.
Later life
White retired in 1925. In the same year, he was the Australian representative at the World Conference of Life and Work, an ecumenical conference held in Stockholm.References
Further reading
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1859 births People educated at Fettes College Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Anglican archdeacons in Australia Anglican bishops of Carpentaria 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia Anglican bishops of Willochra 1933 deaths {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub