24 August 1900: consecration of the Rev. Gilbert White (1859-1933), Rector of St Thomas, Hughenden (North Queensland), @SydneyCathedral, to be first Bishop of #Carpentaria. No.41 in the Australian #Anglican episcopate; our last bishop consecrated in the 19th century. #122years
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Consecrators included the bishops of Melanesia, Nova Scotia, Waiapu and South Tokyo; in Sydney in connection with General Synod. It was the largest-ever gathering of consecrating bishops (11) in Australia until 1944. Only the fourth time a bishop was consecrated @SydneyCathedral.