Donald Baker (bishop)

Donald Baker (1882 – 19 June 1968) was the Anglican Bishop of Bendigo from 1920 until 1938.[1]

He was born in 1882 in Portsmouth and educated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[2] After curacies in Cambridge, Sydney and Summer Hill, New South Wales he was Rector of St George's Hobart from 1913 to 1920 when he was ordained to the episcopate.[3]

He was for 15 years principal of Ridley Theological College, retiring in early 1953.[4]

Rev. Harold Napier Baker (c. 1877–1950), rector of St Thomas' Anglican Church, North Sydney 1919–1945, was a brother.

References
  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1948
  2. Baker, Rt Rev. Donald, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2012
  3. National Library of Australia
  4. "Bishop Baker Farewelled". The Age. No. 30, 505. Victoria, Australia. 5 February 1953. p. 3. Retrieved 28 July 2022 – via National Library of Australia.


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