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. [4]
He was educated at Bedford School and Selwyn College, Cambridge; [5] 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 [6]). He was the Superintendent of the Missions to Seamen in Melbourne and then Merseyside [7] before his elevation to the episcopate. [8] Returning to England, he was assistant bishop of Southwell (1946–1952), Vicar of Edwalton (1946–1949) and Rector of Holme Pierrepont (1951–1958). [5]
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. [4]
He was educated at Bedford School and Selwyn College, Cambridge; [5] 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 [6]). He was the Superintendent of the Missions to Seamen in Melbourne and then Merseyside [7] before his elevation to the episcopate. [8] Returning to England, he was assistant bishop of Southwell (1946–1952), Vicar of Edwalton (1946–1949) and Rector of Holme Pierrepont (1951–1958). [5]