Ernest Eric Hawkey (1 June 190925 July 1986) was the sixth

Bishop of Carpentaria The Anglican Diocese of Carpentaria was an Anglican diocese in northern Australia from 1900 to 1996. It included most of northern Queensland, the islands of the Torres Strait and, until 1968, all of the Northern Territory. The see was based at Q ...

from 1968 to 1974. He was educated at Trinity Grammar School, Sydney and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform var ...

deacon in 1933 and priest in 1936. After

curacies A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at St Alban's, Ultimo (1933-34) and St Paul's, Burwood (1934-40) he was

Priest in charge A priest in charge or priest-in-charge (previously also curate-in-charge) in the Church of England is a priest in charge of a parish who is not its incumbent. Such priests are not legally responsible for the churches and glebe, but simply hold ...

Kandos Kandos is a small town in the Central Tablelands of New South Wales, Australia, within Mid-Western Regional Council. The area is the traditional home of the Dabee tribe, of the Wiradjuri people. The town sits beneath Cumber Melon Mountain (f ...

(1940-46) and then Rector (1946-47). From 1947 to 1968 he was

Secretary A secretary, administrative professional, administrative assistant, executive assistant, administrative officer, administrative support specialist, clerk, military assistant, management assistant, office secretary, or personal assistant is a ...

of the

Australian Board of Missions The Anglican Board of Mission - Australia (ABM), formerly Australasian Board of Missions and Australian Board of Missions, is the national mission agency of the Anglican Church of Australia. In its earliest form, it was established in 1850. ...

and from 1962 a

Canon Residentiary A canon (from the Latin , itself derived from the Greek , , "relating to a rule", "regular") is a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, i ...

St John's Cathedral, Brisbane St John's Cathedral is the cathedral of the Anglican Diocese of Brisbane and the metropolitan cathedral of the ecclesiastical province of Queensland, Australia. It is dedicated to St John the Evangelist. The cathedral is situated in Ann Street ...

. He was consecrated a bishop on 23 April 1968 at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane). In 1970 he ordinaed the first Aborigine to become a priest,

Patrick Brisbane Patrick Brisbane (1926 – 8 November 1974) was the first Aborigine to be ordained a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia (then called the Church of England in Australia) in 1970. Early life Brisbane was born in 1926 in the tribal bushla ...

.''Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74'', 85th Edition, p 115.

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1909 births People educated at Trinity Grammar School (New South Wales) Anglican bishops of Carpentaria 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia Officers of the Order of the British Empire 1986 deaths {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub