John Oliver Feetham (28 January 1873 – 14 September 1947) was a long-serving Anglican bishop in Australia, who was aligned with the Anglo-Catholic tradition. [1] [2] [3] He was the Anglican Bishop of North Queensland from 1913 until his death in 1947. [4]
Feetham was born into an ecclesiastical family, his father was the Reverend William Feetham, Rural Dean of Raglan, Monmouthshire and his mother the daughter of an archdeacon. [5] He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. [6] [7]
Feetham was ordained in 1899. [8] After a curacy at St Simon Zelotes, Bethnal Green, [9] he was Principal [10] of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd (one of the Australian Bush Brotherhoods). [11] In 1913 he was ordained to the episcopate as the fourth Bishop of North Queensland. [4]
Feetham established a number of Anglican schools in North Queensland: [12]
Feetham died on 14 September 1947 [13] and his ashes were interred beneath the high altar at St James' Cathedral, Townsville. [14]
Feetham is commemorated in the Australian Anglican calendar on 15 September. [15]
John Oliver Feetham (28 January 1873 – 14 September 1947) was a long-serving Anglican bishop in Australia, who was aligned with the Anglo-Catholic tradition. [1] [2] [3] He was the Anglican Bishop of North Queensland from 1913 until his death in 1947. [4]
Feetham was born into an ecclesiastical family, his father was the Reverend William Feetham, Rural Dean of Raglan, Monmouthshire and his mother the daughter of an archdeacon. [5] He was educated at Marlborough College and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. [6] [7]
Feetham was ordained in 1899. [8] After a curacy at St Simon Zelotes, Bethnal Green, [9] he was Principal [10] of the Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd (one of the Australian Bush Brotherhoods). [11] In 1913 he was ordained to the episcopate as the fourth Bishop of North Queensland. [4]
Feetham established a number of Anglican schools in North Queensland: [12]
Feetham died on 14 September 1947 [13] and his ashes were interred beneath the high altar at St James' Cathedral, Townsville. [14]
Feetham is commemorated in the Australian Anglican calendar on 15 September. [15]