Quarter-Century Anniversary

for Bishop Wade

THE 25th anniversary of the con secration of one of P-NG’s most distinguishd and popular Roman Catholic Priests, Bishop Thomas Wade, Bishop of the Diocese of the North Solomons, was celebrated on November 1, Bishop Wade, who arrived in the Territory in 1920, was still a young man when he was consecrated Bishop 10 years later.

During the war he was interned by the Japanese on Bougainville but escaped and was later evacuated by submarine.

Soon afterwards he was appointed

Roman Catholic Padre-General in the South Pacific, under American Admiral Halsey.