Howell Arthur John Witt

Howell Arthur John Witt (12 July 1920 – 8 July 1998) was an Australian Bishop for over 25 years who served two very different Dioceses in the mid 20th century. [See his “Bush Bishop” (Adelaide,Rigby,1979) ISBN 0727009877] [Crockfords(London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0715180886 ] [ [http://www.genealogybuff.com/misc/west_australia_obits23.htm Index of WA obituaries] ]

Witt was educated at Leeds University and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield [“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 9780199540877] . Ordained in 1945 after curacies at Usk and Camberwell he emigrated to Australia where he became Chaplain at the Woomera Rocket Station, South Australia, Rector of "St Mary Magdalene, Adelaide" [ [http://www.stmarymagdalene.asn.au/ Church web-site] ] and then Elizabeth. A hugely colourful character [”Priests and Prelates:The Daily Telegraph Book of Clerical Obituaries” Beeson,T(Ed) London, Continuum, 2002 ISBN ISBN 0826463371] , he was raised to the Episcopate in 1965 and was often featured in the media. [The Times, Tuesday, Sep 03, 1968; pg. 12; Issue 57346; col A "Interview with Howell Witt"(about his remote diocese)] He was a keen rugby fan. [ [http://www.oldcollegiansrugby.org.au/history/gallery/howellwitt.shtml Interest in Rugby] ]

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