John Matthews

Seering John Matthews OBE was the fifth Bishop of Carpentaria. He was born on 26 March 1900, educated at St John's College, Auckland and Moore Theological College and ordained in 1926. After a curacy at Christ Church St Laurence, Sydney he was Priest in charge at St Mary's Fitzroy, Melbourne then Vicar of St James', Calcutta. From 1938 to 1942 he was Principal of the Bishop Westcott Boys' School in Namkum then a Royal Air Force Chaplain. After World War II he was Vicar of St Bartholomew's, Ipswich then Archdeacon of Rockhampton before his ordination to the episcopate. He died in 1978. References 1900 births Anglican archdeacons in Australia Anglican bishops of Carpentaria 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1978 deaths Australian military chaplains Royal Air Force chaplains World War II chaplains Heads of schools in India