Ian Shevill
Ian Wotton Allnutt Shevill AO[1] (11 May 1917 – 3 November 1988) was an Australian Anglican bishop[2] in the second half of the 20th century.
Shevill was educated at Scot’s College, Sydney and Sydney University.[3] He was ordained in 1941[4] and his first position was as a curate of St Paul's Burwood, New South Wales.[5] From 1948 to 1953 he worked for the Society for the Propagation of Gospel when he was ordained to the episcopate as Bishop of North Queensland, a post he held for 17 years. In 1970 he became Secretary of the United Society for the Propagation of the Gospel and in 1973 Bishop of Newcastle.[6] An author,[7] he retired in 1977 and died on 3 November 1988. He opened Bible House, Townsville, on 7 November 1964 with Canon H.M. Arrowsmith and Preston Walker of the British and Foreign Bible Society.[8]
The Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse has revealed that Shevill abused and raped many young men who expressed interest in the priesthood (http://iview.abc.net.au/programs/7-30/NC1605H143S00)
References
- ↑ "Ian Wotton Allnutt Shevill AO". Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet. Retrieved 24 February 2012.
- ↑ Church news New bishop for Australia, The Times, 22 December 1972; pg. 15; Issue 58663; col E
- ↑ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991, ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ Church website
- ↑ Diocesan History
- ↑ Amongst others he wrote New Dawn in Papua (1946); Pacific Conquest (1948); God’s World at Prayer (1951); Orthodox and other Eastern Churches in Australia (1964); Going it with God (1969); One Man’s Meditations (1982); O, My God (1982); Between Two Sees (1988) and an autobiography, Half Time (1966) while bishop in Townsville
- ↑ Bible to thousands: fulfilling the vision with the Bible Society in Australia 1963 to 1979, S. Preston Walker, 2005, ISBN 9780646521473
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Wilfrid Bernard Belcher |
Bishop of North Queensland 1953 –1970 |
Succeeded by Hurtle John Lewis |
| Preceded by James Alan George Housden |
Bishop of Newcastle (Australia) 1973 –1977 |
Succeeded by Alfred Charles Holland |