George Augustus Selwyn

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George Augustus Selwyn was a 19th-century Anglican bishop and missionary, notable as the first Bishop of New Zealand and later Bishop of Lichfield.

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George Augustus Selwyn canonical 2
Bishop George Selwyn 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Anglican bishop
Christian missionary
human
almaMater Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
birthDate 1809-04-05
birthPlace London, England
surface form: London
burialPlace Lichfield Cathedral
citizenship United Kingdom
clergyStatus bishop
clergyTitle The Right Reverend
countryOfBirth United Kingdom
deathDate 1878-04-11
denomination Anglican
educatedAt Eton College
St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
endTimeOfPositionHeld:Bishop of Lichfield 1878
endTimeOfPositionHeld:Bishop of New Zealand 1868
era 19th century
familyName Selwyn
father George Selwyn
surface form: William Selwyn
founded Church Missionary Society
surface form: Melanesian Mission
givenName George
knownFor pastoral visits by ship to scattered island communities
support for indigenous clergy and education
languageSpoken English
memberOf Church of England
middleName Augustus
mother Laetitia Frances Kynaston
notableFor being the first Bishop of New Zealand
contributions to the organization of the Anglican Church in New Zealand
missionary work in New Zealand and the South Pacific
occupation bishop
missionary
ordainedAs deacon
priest
ordinationYear:deacon 1833
ordinationYear:priest 1834
positionHeld Bishop of Lichfield
Bishop of New Zealand
religion Anglicanism
spouse Sarah Harriet Richardson
startTimeOfPositionHeld:Bishop of Lichfield 1868
startTimeOfPositionHeld:Bishop of New Zealand 1841
theologicalTradition Evangelicalism
surface form: Evangelical Anglicanism
workedIn England
Melanesia
New Zealand

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Selwyn College, Cambridge namedAfter George Augustus Selwyn
Selwyn College, Cambridge namedAfter George Augustus Selwyn
this entity surface form: Bishop George Selwyn
Sir William Martin relative George Augustus Selwyn