James Turner (bishop)

James Francis Turner (1829 – 27 April 1893[1]) was the second Bishop of Grafton and Armidale in the 19th century.[2][3]

Turner was born in Yarmouth, Norfolk in 1829.[4] He was educated at Durham University, where he graduated BA in 1851 and MA in 1853.[4] He was ordained deacon in 1852, and priest in 1853.[4] He was Chaplain of Bishop Cosin's Hall, Durham, and then held incumbencies at Canons Ashby and North Tidworth before his appointment to become Bishop of Grafton and Armidale.[5] On 24 February 1869, Turner was ordained and consecrated a bishop, in Westminster Abbey, by Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury; George Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand; and six other prelates.[4]

Notes
  1. The Times, Monday, Jan 01, 1894; pg. 14; Issue 34149; col A Obituary For 1893
  2. The Sydney Morning Herald. - Aug 6, 1887
  3. "Armidale Tourism" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  4. Mennell, Philip (1892). "Turner, Right Rev. James Francis" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  5. ”The Story of The Anglican Church in Australia” Symonds, E. London, SPCK, 1898
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
William Collinson Sawyer		 Bishop of Grafton and Armidale
1869–1893		 Succeeded by
Arthur Vincent Green


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