John Weller (bishop)

The Right Reverend John Reginald Weller (6 October 1880 – 26 October 1969)[1] was an Anglican priest. He was the Bishop of the Falkland Islands from 1934–1937,[2] and of Argentina and Eastern South America[3] from 1937–1946.

He was educated at Bedford School and Selwyn College, Cambridge;[4] and, after an earlier career as a tea planter, was ordained in 1914. He served in Delhi, Waziristan, Mesopotamia and Quetta (after 1917 as a military chaplain[5]). He was the Superintendent of the Missions to Seamen in Melbourne and then Merseyside[6] before his elevation to the Episcopate.[7] Returning to England, he was Assistant Bishop of Southwell (1946–1952), Vicar of Edwalton (1946–1949) and Rector of Holme Pierrepont (1951–1958).[4]

References

1. Obituary. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Oct 30, 1969; pg. 12; Issue 57704
2. Falklands.info Archived 2008-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
3. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
4. ‘WELLER, Rt Rev. John Reginald’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 31 Aug 2012
5. London Gazette
6. Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1948
7. New Bishop Of Falkland Islands.Mersey Seamen’s Chaplain The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 16, 1934; pg. 16; Issue 46755.