Melville Jones

The Rt Rev Frank Melville Jones, CBE, DD was an Anglican Colonial Bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[1]
He was born in 1866,[2] educated at the Nelson College and the University of New Zealand and ordained in 1890.[3] After a curacy at Holy Trinity, Cheltenham[4] he went out to be a CMS Missionary in Onitsha. He was Principal of the CMS Training College at Oyo [5] In 1919 he became the inaugural Bishop of Lagos,[6] a post he held until 1940.[7] He died on 8 January 1941.[8]

Notes

  1. ↑ Vision, Mission and History
  2. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ↑ Ordinations. Gloucester And Bristol The Times Saturday, May 30, 1891; pg. 7; Issue 33338; col F
  4. ↑ Star , Issue 7268, 28 April 1892, Page 3
  5. ↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  6. ↑ Six New Bishops. Consecration In St. Paul's The Times Monday, Oct 20, 1919; pg. 9; Issue 42235; col F
  7. ↑ History of Diocese
  8. ↑ Obituaries The Times Saturday, Jan 11, 1941; pg. 6; Issue 48821; col D
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment		 Bishop of Lagos
1919 –1940 		Succeeded by
Leslie Gordon Vining
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