John Langley (bishop)

John Douse Langley (17 May 1836 – 8 November 1930) was the second Bishop of Bendigo from 1907 to 1920.[1]

Born in Ballyduff, County Waterford, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin,[2] and Moore College in New South Wales.[3]

He came to Australia with his family in 1853[4] and after an earlier career with the Bank of Australasia was ordained in 1873. He held incumbencies in Berrima and Sydney before becoming Archdeacon of Cumberland in 1895 and a canon of St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, in 1902.[5]

Langley succeeded his younger brother, Henry Archdall Langley (1844–1906), who was the first Bishop of Bendigo.[6] He died on 8 November 1930.[7]

Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Bendigo
1907– 1920 		Succeeded by
  1. ^ "The Clergy List" London, John Phillips, 1913
  2. ^ ‘LANGLEY, Rt Rev. John Douse’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2012
  3. ^ ADB Archived 2013-05-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Langley, Rt. Rev. John Douse, pp.190-191 in Johns, F., Johns's Notable Australians and Who is Who in Australasia; A Dictionary of Biography Containing Records of the Careers of Men and Women of Distinction in the Commonwealth of Australia and the Dominion of New Zealand, Fred Johns, (Adelaide), 1908.
  5. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 887.
  6. ^ Henry Archdall Langley Australian Dictionary of Biography.
  7. ^ "Obituary: Dr. J. D. Langley". The Times. No. 45666. London, England. 10 November 1930. p. 14.