2 September 1942: installation of Harold Percy Fewtrell (1888-1969) as seventh Dean of St David's Cathedral, Hobart. Australia's 50th Dean; a distinguished educator. First Australian-born Dean of Hobart. #anglican #83years Seen here welcoming the Queen to St David's Cathedral in 1954.
5 August 1942: the Rt Revd Donald Burns Blackwood (1884-1967) installed and enthroned in St Paul's Cathedral, Sale, as third Bishop of Gippsland (first Australian-born, as are all since). #anglican #83years He established the role of Dean of Sale, and is also remembered for this:
25 July 1942: consecration of the Ven. Donald Burns Blackwood (1884-1967), Archdeacon of Hobart, at St Paul's Cathedral Melbourne, to succeed George Cranswick as third (and first Australian-born) Bishop of Gippsland. #anglican #83years No.101 in the Australian episcopate.
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Prentis Hancock, who had multiple roles across the Whoniverse on TV and in audio, died on 30 May, aged 83.
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28 April 1942: the Most Revd Joseph John Booth (1886-1965) installed and enthroned at St Paul's Cathedral as fourth Archbishop of Melbourne (7th diocesan). #anglican #83years 10:30am ... ticket only ... "under present conditions" no light luncheon for visiting clergy...
15 April 1942: retirement of the Very Rev. Henry Robert Holmes, after 10 years' service at All Saints' Cathedral as second Dean of Bathurst. #anglican #83years He moved to Sydney, and his last formal position was as locum at St Martin's Kensington 1942-1944.
12 April 1942 (First Sunday after Easter): the Rt Revd George Harvard Cranswick (1882-1954) concludes an episcopate of nearly 25 years; the second (and longest-serving) Bishop of Gippsland. #anglican #83years He took up the role of Chairman of ABM Australia.
15 March 1942: birth of Benjamen (Ben) Wright, seventh Bishop of Bendigo 1992-1993. Assistant Bishop in Perth (Bishop of the Goldfields) 1988-1992. Obiit 22 January 2010. #anglican #83years
19 February 1942: 242 Japanese aircraft bomb Darwin (especially harbour and airfields); more than 200 people are killed. Among the affected urban areas of Darwin, the original Christ Church suffered extensive damage. #anglican #83years
