Right Reverend Gilbert White

Gilbert White (9 June 1859 – 1 April 1933) was an Anglican bishop who served two Australian dioceses for 25 years.

Early life

Gilbert White was born on 9 June 1859 at Rondebosch, South Africa, the son of Francis Gilbert White, clergyman, and his wife Lucy (née Gilderdale).[1] He was named after his great-grand-uncle, the naturalist.[1]

White was educated at Fettes College and Oriel College, Oxford.[2]

Religious life

Ordained in 1883, after a curacy at Helston[3] White emigrated to Australia where he became Rector of Charters Towers and then Herberton, both in Queensland.[1] From 1890 to 1900 he was Archdeacon of North Queensland.[4] He was raised to the episcopate in 1900 as the inaugural Bishop of Carpentaria.[5] One of his first acts was to establish a small theological college, Bishop's College.[6] In 1915, he translated to head up the new Willochra Diocese in South Australia.

Later life

White retired in 1925. In the same year, he was the Australian representative at the World Conference of Life and Work, an ecumenical conference held in Stockholm.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Teale, Ruth. White, Gilbert (1859–1933). Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.
  2. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  4. ↑ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1651.
  5. ↑ The Times, Saturday, 25 August 1900; pg. 4; Issue 36230; col C Archdeacon White elected first Bishop of Carpentaria
  6. ↑ "THE BISHOP OF CARPENTARIA;". The Brisbane Courier. Vol. LVII, no. 13, 382. Queensland, Australia. 1 December 1900. p. 4. Retrieved 4 November 2021 – via National Library of Australia.

Further reading

  • Wand, J. W. C. (John William Charles) (1949), White of Carpentaria, Skeffington, retrieved 23 January 2016

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