John Wallace Chisholm (14 September 192324 May 1975) was an Australian divine who served as the tenth Anglican Bishop of MelanesiaAnglican history and first Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia.
He was educated at Trinity College, University of Melbourne"Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and ordained in 1947. His first post was as a Curate at St Stephen's Church, Rochester Row, WestminsterChurch web site after which he was Sub-Dean of Ss Peter and Paul Cathedral, Dogura, Territory of Papua and New Guinea.John biographical entry at the Solomon Islands Encyclopaedia From his consecration as a bishop on 24 February 1964 until 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of New GuineaCrockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 when he became Bishop of Melanesia,Consecration details a post he held until 26 January 1975 aged 51, when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province and he automatically became Archbishop of Melanesia (and Primate) and Bishop of Central Melanesia. p. 80 He died on 24 May, shortly after signing the last paperwork of the Province's creation process.Project Canterbury
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