Charles Edward Camidge

Charles Edward Camidge [ [http://www.rybeck.com/smith/mech/d0000/I201.html Photo of Camidge] ] (1838-1911)was the 2nd Bishop of Bathurst. Born into a clerical family [His father was The Rev Charles Joseph Camidge, sometime Vicar of Wakefield:The Times, Saturday, May 06, 1911; pg. 13; Issue 39578; col C "Obituary: The Bishop Of Bathurst" ] he was educated at Wadham College, Oxford [“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] . Ordained Deacon in 1860 and Priest a year later his first post was a Sheffield Curacy. Successively the Incumbent at Hedon then Wheldrake [The Times, Thursday, Apr 24, 1873; pg. 13; Issue 27672; col D "Ecclesiastical Appointments.-Rev. C. E. Camidge To be Vicar of Wheldrake"] he became Rural Dean of Thirsk in 1883. Four years later he was elevated to the Colonial Episcopate and enthroned on January 3, 1888. “A man held in high esteem by clergy and lay people alike” [Times Obituary (Ibid)] he died in post [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070543b.htm AOB on-line] ] .

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