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Christopher George Barlow
Christopher George Barlow
Born (1858-12-09 ) 9 December 1858Dublin, Ireland
Died 30 August 1915(1915-08-30) (aged 56)Cooma, NSW, Australia
Christopher George Barlow (9 December 1858 – 30 August 1915) was an
Anglican bishop in
Australia . He was a
Bishop of North Queensland and a
Bishop of Goulburn .
[1]
[2]
[3]
Early life
Barlow was born in Dublin
[4] and educated at
Blackrock College before going into his stepfather's business.
[5] Later he went to Australia to be Secretary to his friend
George Henry Stanton , the first
Anglican
Bishop of
North Queensland .
[6]
Religious life
Ordained deacon in 1881
[7] his first position was as a
curate at
Mackay .
[8] After he was ordained priest in 1882, he held
incumbencies at St Paul's,
Charters Towers 1882–1885, and at St James's Pro-Cathedral,
[9]
Townsville 1886–1891.
[10] He was a missionary priest 1885–1886, and was in 1887 made honorary
Canon , before succeeding Stanton as
Bishop of North Queensland in 1891.
[11]
[12] He received the degree
Doctor of Divinity (DD) the same year, after he was nominated bishop.
Barlow was consecrated an Anglican bishop on 25 July 1891. He was
translated
[13] to
Goulburn in 1902, with his election on 28 January
[14] and installation on 23 April. He established a short-lived theological college, the
Clergy Training College, Goulburn , in 1906.
[15]
Later life
Barlow died on 30 August 1915, shortly after retiring on 31 March, and is buried at Mulwaree.
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Legacy
A street in
Townsville is named in his memory.
[18]
References
^
"Goulburn history archives" (PDF) . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 14 June 2011.
^
"Janus" . Janus.lib.cam.ac.uk. Retrieved 12 January 2012 .
^ "A Goodly Heritage : a History of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Christopher George Barlow, third Bishop of Goulburn, 1902–1915." The Southern Churchman . Vol.60, August 1962. pp.4–5
^
"Barlow family history" . Barlowgenealogy.com. 22 November 2001. Retrieved 12 January 2012 .
^ Thorn, Barbara.
"ADB on-line" . Adbonline.anu.edu.au. Retrieved 12 January 2012 .
^
Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
ISBN
0-19-200008-X
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^
Who was Who 1987–1990 : London,
A & C Black , 1991
ISBN
0-7136-3457-X
^
"The History of the Church of England in Queensland" (PDF) . Archived from
the original (PDF) on 25 April 2013. Retrieved 12 January 2012 .
^
"Cathedral history" . Stjamescathedral.wordpress.com. Archived from
the original on 7 July 2009. Retrieved 12 January 2012 .
^
"Project Canterbury" . Anglicanhistory.org. Retrieved 12 January 2012 .
^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence
The Times Wednesday, 4 March 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33263; col F
^
"Anglican History" . Anglican History. Retrieved 12 January 2012 .
^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence
The Times Thursday, 30 January 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36678; col B
^
"Australian Dictionary of Biography: Christopher George Barlow" . Retrieved 22 March 2021 .
^
The Times , Wednesday, 1 Sep 1915; pg. 1; Issue 40948; col B Death of the Bishop of Goulburn
^
"Mulwaree General Cemetery Master Plan" (PDF) . p. 16. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 27 September 2011.
^
"The origins of Townville Street names" (PDF) . p. 11. Archived from
the original (PDF) on 6 October 2009.
Further reading
External links
Media related to
Christopher George Barlow at Wikimedia Commons
Assistant bishops serving the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples Other assistant bishops
Goulburn (1863–1950) Canberra & Goulburn (1950 onwards)