- Both the subject and his father sometimes used Warrington Strong as a surname.
Philip Warrington Strong | |
|---|---|
| Archbishop of Brisbane Primate of Australia | |
 Strong as bishop of New Guinea | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
| Province | Queensland |
| Diocese | Brisbane |
| In office | 1963–1970 |
| Predecessor | Reginald Halse |
| Successor | Felix Arnott |
| Other post(s) | Anglican Primate of Australia (1966–1971); Bishop of New Guinea (1936–1962) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1923 |
| Consecration | 28 October 1936 by Cosmo Gordon Lang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 11 July 1899 |
| Died | 6 July 1983 (aged 83) Wangaratta, Victoria |
| Education | King's School, Worcester |
| Alma mater | Selwyn College, Cambridge |
Sir Philip Nigel Warrington Strong KBE CMG CStJ (11 July 1899 – 6 July 1983) served as the fourth Bishop of New Guinea from 1936 to 1962 and the fifth Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane from 1962 to 1970, also serving as primate of the Church of England in Australia (now called the Anglican Church of Australia) from 1966.[1]
Strong was born in Sutton on the Hill in Derbyshire, the son of the Rev Warrington Strong and Rosamond Wingfield Digby (who was the sister of John Wingfield Digby MP). He was educated at the King's School, Worcester (where he was apparently nicknamed "The Bishop"[2]) and at Selwyn College, Cambridge. During World War I he served in France with the Royal Engineers. Ordained in 1923, he initially served as a vicar in impoverished industrial parishes in Leeds and Saint Ignatious Hendon, Sunderland.
- ^ Wetherell, David, "Strong, Philip Nigel (1899–1983)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, archived from the original on 9 November 2021, retrieved 25 November 2021
- ^ http://www.ksw.org.uk/item.asp?cid=442 [dead link]