James Turner (bishop)

James Francis Turner (1829 – 27 April 1893[1]) was the second Bishop of Grafton and Armidale in the 19th century.[2][3]

Turner was born in Yarmouth, Norfolk in 1829.[4] He was educated at Durham University, where he graduated BA in 1851 and MA in 1853.[4] He was ordained deacon in 1852, and priest in 1853.[4] He was Chaplain of Bishop Cosin's Hall, Durham, and then held incumbencies at Canons Ashby and North Tidworth before his appointment to become Bishop of Grafton and Armidale.[5] On 24 February 1869, Turner was ordained and consecrated a bishop, in Westminster Abbey, by Archibald Campbell Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury; George Selwyn, Bishop of New Zealand; and six other prelates.[4]

  1. ^ The Times, Monday, Jan 01, 1894; pg. 14; Issue 34149; col A Obituary For 1893
  2. ^ The Sydney Morning Herald. - Aug 6, 1887
  3. ^ "Armidale Tourism" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2009. Retrieved 16 July 2009.
  4. ^ a b c d Mennell, Philip (1892). "Turner, Right Rev. James Francis" . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.
  5. ^ ”The Story of The Anglican Church in Australia” Symonds, E. London, SPCK, 1898