Tony Hall-Matthews
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Anthony Francis Berners "Tony" Hall-Matthews was the last Bishop of Carpentaria.
He was born into an ecclesiastical family[1] on 14 November 1940 and educated at St Francis Theological College, Brisbane and James Cook University. He was ordained in 1966.[2] After a curacy in Darwin he was chaplain of the Carpentaria Aerial Mission and then rector of Normanton. From 1976 to 1984 he was the Archdeacon of Cape York Peninsula when he was ordained to the episcopate: he was consecrated a bishop on 1 March 1984 at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane).[3] Known as the "Flying Bishop" he retired[4] effective 2 February 1996.[5]
References
- ^ His father was the Rev. Cecil Berners Hall, Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ Anglican Archives Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Rural Legends
- ^ https://www.childabuseroyalcommission.gov.au/sites/default/files/ANG.0412.001.0202.pdf [bare URL PDF]
Further reading
- Hall-Matthews, Anthony (2007). A Remarkable Venture. Bassendean, WA: Access Press. ISBN 9780864451927.
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