John Holmes (bishop)
Template:Use dmy dates John Garraway Holmes (died September 1904 in Worthing, West Sussex) was an Anglican bishop. He was buried at Broadwater Cemetery in Worthing.[1]
Education
He graduated from University College, Oxford in 1862 and was ordained priest in 1864 by the Bishop of Peterborough. He was a curate at Christ Church, Reading from 1866 to 1869 and St. Mark's Church, Reigate from 1869 to 1870 and St. Mary Magdalene, Wandsworth Common from 1870 - 1883.
Career
He was appointed vicar of St. Philip's Church, Sydenham in 1883 - 1889. In 1888 he was elected to the London School Board representing Greenwich as a member of the "Church Party".[2] He resigned from the board in the following year.[3] He was dean of Grahamstown, South Africa and rector of the St. Michael and St. George Cathedral from 1889 to 1899 and was also archdeacon from 1895.[4]
In July 1899 he was consecrated in St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town as third bishop of St Helena.[4]
He received an honorary doctorate of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in June 1901.[5]
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