John Douse Langley (17 May 1836 – 8 November 1930) was the second
Bishop of Bendigo from 1907 to 1920.
Born in
Ballyduff, County Waterford
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Ballyduff () is a village in County Waterford, Ireland. It is also a parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Waterford and Lismore.
Historical maps mark the location of Ballyduff Castle in ruins. It was built in 1627 by the carpenter ...
, he was educated at
Trinity College, Dublin
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, motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin)
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, and
Moore College in
New South Wales.
He came to Australia with his family in 1853 and after an earlier career with the
Bank of Australasia was ordained in 1873. He held
incumbencies in
Berrima and
Sydney
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before becoming
Archdeacon
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of
Cumberland
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in 1895 and a
canon of
St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, in 1902.
Langley succeeded his younger brother,
Henry Archdall Langley
Henry Archdall Langley (15 October 1840 – 5 August 1906) was an influential Irish-born Anglican priest, of considerable physical strength, who migrated to Australia in 1853, and became the first Bishop of Bendigo from 1902 until his death ...
(1844–1906), who was the first
Bishop of Bendigo.
He died on 8 November 1930.
References
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1836 births
Christian clergy from County Waterford
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia
Anglican bishops of Bendigo
1930 deaths
Irish Anglicans
Irish emigrants to Australia