Frederick Goldsmith (1853 – 7 July 1932) was the inaugural Bishop of Bunbury from 1904 to 1917. Born in 1853 and an 1876 graduate of

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, Goldmith was Private chaplain to Spencer Maryon-Wilson, of

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, then

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. He was Dean of Perth, Western Australia from 1888 until 1904 when he was appointed to the

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. Resigning in 1917 and returning to the UK, he was

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until his retirement in 1921. Having become a

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(DD), he died on 7 July 1932.

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Alumni of St John's College, Oxford Deans of Perth Anglican bishops of Bunbury 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 1853 births 1932 deaths {{Anglican-bishop-stub