Letter, 1854 Dec. 22 [manuscript]. 1854.

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Letter, 1854 Dec. 22 [manuscript]. 1854.

To Bishop Short giving Hale's reactions to the offer of Bishopric in W.A.

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Libraries Australia

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Hale, Mathew B. (Mathew Blagden), 1811-1895

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Mathew Blagden Hale was born in Gloucester, England in 1811 and was ordained in the Church of England in 1837. He came to Australia in 1847 with Augustus Short, Bishop of Adelaide, and was subsequently appointed the first Bishop of Western Australia in 1857. Hale was Bishop of Brisbane from 1875 until his retirement in 1885. He died in 1895. From the description of OM90-27 Bishop Mathew Blagden Hale Letter, 3 Oct 1889. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 755756104 Fir...

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According to the Canons of 1604, XLIX-LII, of the Church of England, only those persons whose faith and learning are known to their bishop are licensed to preach. Such is the case because the Anglican bishop has pastoral charge of his entire diocese, and the ministers of that diocese, and the ministers of that diocese are considered to be his assistants. From the description of Church of England licensing document, 1886. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122406060 The major mis...