Stephen Harris Davies (1881-1961) was the third Bishop of Carpentaria.
Davies was born in 1883 and educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. [1]
Davies was ordained in 1909. [2] After a curacy at St Matthew's, Holbeck [3] he emigrated to Australia where he joined the Bush Brotherhood of St Paul in Charleville, Queensland, [4] serving as its head [5] until his ordination to the episcopate. In 1925 he ordained the first two Torres Strait Islanders to become priests, Poey Passi [6] and Joseph Lui. [7]
Davies retired in 1949 and died on 29 November 1961. [8] There is a memorial to him at St Michael, Waters Upton. [9]
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Stephen Harris Davies (1881-1961) was the third Bishop of Carpentaria.
Davies was born in 1883 and educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead, and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. [1]
Davies was ordained in 1909. [2] After a curacy at St Matthew's, Holbeck [3] he emigrated to Australia where he joined the Bush Brotherhood of St Paul in Charleville, Queensland, [4] serving as its head [5] until his ordination to the episcopate. In 1925 he ordained the first two Torres Strait Islanders to become priests, Poey Passi [6] and Joseph Lui. [7]
Davies retired in 1949 and died on 29 November 1961. [8] There is a memorial to him at St Michael, Waters Upton. [9]
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