John Weller (bishop)
The Right Reverend John Reginald Weller (6 October 1880 – 26 October 1969)[1] was an Anglican priest. He was the Bishop of the Falkland Islands from 1934 to 1937,[2] and of Argentina and Eastern South America[3] from 1937 to 1946.[4]
He was educated at Bedford School and Selwyn College, Cambridge;[5] and, after an earlier career as a tea planter, was ordained in 1914. He served in Delhi, Waziristan, Mesopotamia and Quetta (after 1917 as a military chaplain[6]). He was the Superintendent of the Missions to Seamen in Melbourne and then Merseyside[7] before his elevation to the episcopate.[8] Returning to England, he was assistant bishop of Southwell (1946–1952), Vicar of Edwalton (1946–1949) and Rector of Holme Pierrepont (1951–1958).[5]
References
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- ^ Obituary. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Oct 30, 1969; pg. 12; Issue 57704
- ^ Falklands.info Archived 2008-01-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link]
- ^ Howat, Jeremy; Palmer, Stephen. "Weller, John (Jack) Reginald". The Dictionary of Falklands Biography. Retrieved 20 May 2023.
- ^ a b ‘WELLER, Rt Rev. John Reginald’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 31 Aug 2012
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1948
- ^ New Bishop Of Falkland Islands.Mersey Seamen’s Chaplain The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 16, 1934; pg. 16; Issue 46755.
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