James Moorhouse
James Moorhouse | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Melbourne Bishop of Manchester | |
 James Moorhouse, 1889 | |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1854 |
| Consecration | 22 October 1876 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 19 November 1826 Sheffield, Yorkshire, England |
| Died | 9 April 1915 (aged 88) Taunton, Somerset, England |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | James Moorhouse Jane Frances née Bowman |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
James Moorhouse (19 November 1826 – 9 April 1915) was an Anglican Bishop of Melbourne and a Bishop of Manchester, and a Chancellor of the University of Melbourne.[1]
Bishop of Melbourne
Moorhouse's distinguished record and many notable publications led to an offer of the see of Melbourne, vacated by Charles Perry. Consecrated at Westminster Abbey on 22 October 1876, Moorhouse was installed on 11 January 1877 at St James's Cathedral, William Street, Melbourne.[1]
In 1882 Moorhouse told the Melbourne Church Assembly (Synod) of his intention to establish a Melbourne Deaconesses Home, building on the experience of the English Church since the revival of the Order of Deaconesses there in 1861. This would provide an authorised form of ministry for women, to work in areas such as education and what was then described as "rescue work" among the poorer areas of Melbourne.[2] On 8 February 1884 he ordained Marion Macfarlane as a deaconess at Christ Church, South Yarra, the first ordination of a woman in the Australian Anglican Church.[3]
An enthusiastic lecturer, debater and participant in the public life of Australia.
Bishop of Manchester
In 1885, Moorhouse was appointed Bishop of Manchester. He left Melbourne on 10 March 1886 and was enthroned as the third Bishop of Manchester on 18 May 1886.
He received the honorary degree Doctor of Literature (DLitt) from the Victoria University of Manchester in February 1902 in connection with the 50th jubilee celebrations of the establishment of the university.[4]
Late life and legacy
His name is commemorated in the series of Moorhouse lectures inaugurated in 1910 by Dr Green, Bishop of Ballarat,[5] and perpetuated by Arthur Headlam,[6] J. Stephen Hart,[7] and others.
References
- 1 2 Badger, C. R. "Moorhouse, James (1826–1915)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
- ↑ Sturrock, Morna (2005). Bishop of magnetic power : James Moorhouse in Melbourne, 1876-1886. Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Scholarly Pub. ISBN 1-74097-077-2. OCLC 62546726.
- ↑ Grant, James (2010). Episcopally led and synodically governed : Anglicans in Victoria : 1803-1997. North Melbourne, Vic.: Australian Scholarly Pub. p. 72. ISBN 978-1-921509-40-7. OCLC 664802531.
- ↑ "University intelligence". The Times. No. 36704. London. 1 March 1902. p. 12.
- ↑ "The Moorhouse Lectures". The Age. No. 17, 156. Victoria, Australia. 10 March 1910. p. 8. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Are Miracles Credible ?". The Bathurst Times. New South Wales, Australia. 30 May 1914. p. 4. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ↑ "Moorhouse Lectures". The Herald (Melbourne). No. 12, 265. Victoria, Australia. 21 June 1915. p. 3. Retrieved 11 September 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
External links
- Mennell, Philip (1892). . The Dictionary of Australasian Biography. London: Hutchinson & Co – via Wikisource.