Montagu Stone-Wigg
The Rt Rev Montagu John Stone-Wigg was an Anglican Colonial Bishop who in the last decade of the 19th century and the first one of the 20th.
He was born on 4 October 1861[1] and educated at Winchester and University College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1885,[3] after curacies in Westminster Hammersmith he went to Brisbane in 1889 to be the Sub dean of St John's cathedral. Two years later he became a Canon[4] and in 1898 he the inaugural Bishop of New Guinea.
He died on 16 October 1918.[5]
References
- ↑ About NSW
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
- ↑ Project Canterbury
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, November 07, 1918; pg. 8; Issue 41941; col F Obituary Bishop Stone-Wigg
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| Preceded by Inaugural appointment |
Bishop of New Guinea 1898–1908 |
Succeeded by Gerald Sharp |
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