John Manwaring Steward
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John Manwaring Steward was the fifth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, serving from 1919 to 1928. From 1924 he was assisted by Frederick M. Molyneux
as assistant bishop. He was the son of Charles Edward Steward, also an Anglican priest. J.M. Steward was elected Bishop of Melanesia after 17 years of missionary work as a priest in the Melanesian Mission, which he joined in 1902.
In 1920 Steward moved the headquarters of the Melanesian Mission from Norfolk Island
to Siota in the Solomon Islands
. In 1925 he assisted Ini Kopuria
in the formation of the Melanesian Brotherhood
, a group of evangelists with a common rule of life. Steward is listed in the Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of Melanesia)
.
Frederick M. Molyneux
Frederick Merivale Molyneux was sixth Bishop of Melanesia.A graduate of Keble College, Oxford, and Cuddesdon College, he served as assistant bishop in Melanesia from 1925 to 1928, and as diocesan Bishop of Melanesia from 1928 to 1931...
as assistant bishop. He was the son of Charles Edward Steward, also an Anglican priest. J.M. Steward was elected Bishop of Melanesia after 17 years of missionary work as a priest in the Melanesian Mission, which he joined in 1902.
In 1920 Steward moved the headquarters of the Melanesian Mission from Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island
Norfolk Island is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand and New Caledonia. The island is part of the Commonwealth of Australia, but it enjoys a large degree of self-governance...
to Siota in the Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in Oceania, east of Papua New Guinea, consisting of nearly one thousand islands. It covers a land mass of . The capital, Honiara, is located on the island of Guadalcanal...
. In 1925 he assisted Ini Kopuria
Ini Kopuria
Ini Kopuria , a police officer from Maravovo, Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands formed the Melanesian Brotherhood in 1925. He and the Bishop of Melanesia, the Right Reverend John Manwaring Steward, realised Ini's dream by forming a band of brothers to take the Gospel of Jesus Christ to the...
in the formation of the Melanesian Brotherhood
Melanesian Brotherhood
The Melanesian Brotherhood is an Anglican religious community of men in simple vows based primarily in the Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, and Papua New Guinea.- History :...
, a group of evangelists with a common rule of life. Steward is listed in the Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of Melanesia)
Calendar of saints (Church of the Province of Melanesia)
The calendar of saints and commemorations in the Church of the Province of Melanesia is a continually developing list. Both old and new, universal and local saints and worthies are celebrated....
.
External links
- Documents by and about Steward from Project CanterburyProject CanterburyProject Canterbury is an online archive of material related to the history of Anglicanism. It was founded by Richard Mammana, Jr. in 1999, and is hosted by the non-profit Society of Archbishop Justus...
- The Primary Charge Delivered by The Right Reverend John Manwaring Steward, Bishop of the Diocese of Melanesia, in his Cathedral Church of S. Barnabas', Norfolk Island, on Monday, 6 October, 1919
- A Melanesian Use together with Notes on Ceremonial, etc., 1926