- Walter Hubert Baddeley
Walter Hubert Baddeley (1894-1960) was the seventh
Bishop of Melanesia , serving from 1932 to 1947. He was born inPortslade ,Sussex , and educated atKeble College andCuddesdon College before ordination. Baddeley was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1921, after which he served as both curate and vicar in the Diocese of York. Bishop Baddeley remained in his diocese duringWorld War II , paying particular attention to medical work among those injured in fighting with the Japanese army.He received an honorary S.T.D. (Doctor of Sacred Theology) degree from
Columbia University in 1944. In 1945, Baddeley received theMedal of Freedom . After returning to England, he served as suffraganBishop of Whitby from 1947 to 1954 and then asBishop of Blackburn from 1954 to 1960.Baddeley is listed in the
Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of Melanesia) .External links
* [http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/baddeley_consecration1932.html Sermon preached at the Consecration of the Reverend Walter Hubert Baddeley to the Office of Bishop of the Missionary Diocese of Melanesia]
* [http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/baddeley_taina1935.html Ta'ina, by W.H. Baddeley (1935)]
* [http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/baddeley_report1936.html Precis of a Report, by W.H. Baddeley (1936)]
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