Stephen Harris Davies (1881-1961) was the third Bishop of Carpentaria.

Early life

Davies was born in 1883 and educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead, and

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Religious life

Davies was

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in 1909. After a

curacy 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 Matthew's,

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he emigrated to Australia where he joined the

Bush Brotherhood of St Paul The Bush Brotherhood was a group of Anglican religious orders providing itinerant priests to minister to sparsely-settled rural districts in Australia. They were described as a "band of men" who could "preach like Apostles" and "ride like cowboys" ...

in Charleville,

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, serving as its head until his ordination to the

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. In 1925 he ordained the first two Torres Strait Islanders to become priests,

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and

Joseph Lui Joseph Lui (died 17 May 1941) was one of the first two Torres Strait Islanders to be ordained a priest in the Anglican Church of Australia (then called the Church of England in Australia) in 1925. Early life Lui was the son of Lui Lifu (also ...

Later life

Davies retired in 1949 and died on 29 November 1961. There is a memorial to him at St Michael,

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References

1883 births People educated at St John's School, Leatherhead Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Anglican bishops of Carpentaria 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 1961 deaths Bush Brotherhood priests {{Australia-anglican-bishop-stub