Eric Hawkey

Ernest Eric Hawkey (1 June 1909 – 25 July 1986) was the sixth Bishop of Carpentaria from 1968 to 1974.[1]

He was educated at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney[2] and ordained deacon in 1933 and priest in 1936.[3] After curacies at St Alban's, Ultimo (1933-34) and St Paul's, Burwood (1934-40)[4] he was Priest in charge at Kandos (1940-46) and then Rector (1946-47). From 1947 to 1968 he was Secretary of the Australian Board of Missions and from 1962 a Canon Residentiary at St John's Cathedral, Brisbane.[5] He was consecrated a bishop on 23 April 1968 at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane).[6] In 1970 he ordinaed the first Aborigine to become a priest, Patrick Brisbane.[7]

References
  1. Anglican Archives Archived April 10, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
  2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
  4. Church web-site
  5. Parish records created by the provenance of St John's Cathedral Archived 2011-02-18 at the Wayback Machine
  6. Anglican Archives Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 115.


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