[?]Ew Archbishop

Bishop Strong

Of Brisbane

Papua - New Guinea’s best own mission leader—Bishop ilip Strong—is to leave the rritory after 25 years as the shop of New Guinea. [E has been elected Anglican * Archbishop of Brisbane, in suc sion to Archbishop Halse, who d in August. fhe New Guinea mission scene ; won’t be the same without him. has seen great changes—and ped make many others—since he ived there in 1937 from England, le was Vicar of Sunderland when was offered the Bishropic of New Inea, and before he left for his lote area he was consecrated hop in St. Paul’s Cathedral in ober, 1936. He was then 37 and, now, unmarried.

'he new bop had n educated Worcester Cambridge at 18 ned the fal Engin s as a )nd lieuten- He was harged in 9, and was

ained in 1923, at Durham. He served in various English ishes. lishop Strong administers the Ang n mission throughout Papua-New nea, although his headquarters is Dogura, in eastern Papua. Dogura Dff the beaten track and conse ntly does not see a great number visitors. ut Bishop Strong has always elled a great deal—especially in early days when he would spend ks, by foot or by canoe, visiting ;ly posts. [e remained in New Guinea ng the war. He was a chaplain he troops and at times was under he early days of the war were ones for the Bishop. The lap se captured two Anglican priests, mission sisters and a lay mission tker from the Sangara mission beheaded them all at Gona in past, 1942. Two other women, ng from Gona mission with

Father James Benson, were also captured and murdered, although Benson himself escaped death (and died after the war).

Bishop Strong has never been a dramatic campaigner. His work for the Church has been notable for its quiet and steady progress—his utterances for their tolerance.

He has been a particularly keen supporter of native education and progress. It was because of this steady work that in 1960 Bishop Strong was able to present the Church with its first indigenous Bishop in the South Seas—the first native Bishop in any South Seas

Mission. Bishop George Ambo, a Papuan, is the Assistant Bishop of New Guinea.

Commenting on Bishop Strong’s new appointment, the Dean of Bris bane, the Very Rev. William Baddeley, said: “Bishop Strong is a real man of God, and will un doubtedly be the spiritual leader which the diocese and province needs. To my mind, no better choice could have been made, “It will be wonderful for the Papuan people to think that their bishop has been chosen to be Father in-God not only to them but to all the Province, too.”

Archbishop Strong.