Hamish Thomas Umphelby Jamieson was an Australian retired Anglican bishop.[1][2]

Early life edit

Hamish Jamieson was born on 15 February 1932 and educated at Sydney Church of England Grammar School, St Michael's House (Society of the Sacred Mission), Crafers, South Australia, and the University of New England (Australia).[3]

Religious life edit

Jamieson was ordained in 1956.[4] He was a member of the Bush Brotherhood of the Good Shepherd[5] from 1957 to 1962 when he became rector of Darwin, a post he held for five years. He was then a Royal Australian Navy chaplain until 1974 when he became the Bishop of Carpentaria (covering the north of Queensland and all of the Northern Territory) with his consecration as a bishop on 1 November at St John's Cathedral (Brisbane)).[6]

A decade later he was translated to Bunbury,[7] retiring in 2000.

Death edit

Jamieson died on Monday 27 November 2023. The funeral was held at St Boniface's Catholic Cathedral in Bunbury on 20 December 2023.[8][9]

References edit

  1. ^ "Autographs of religious leaders: JAL-JD". Havel's House of History. Archived from the original on 3 June 2012. Retrieved 5 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  2. ^ "The Umphelby Family" (PDF). Archived from the original on 17 February 2014. Retrieved 5 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House,1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ^ "Brothers in the Sun - a History of the Bush Brotherhood Movement in the Outback of Australia" Webb,R.A. Port Melbourne Rigby, 1978 ISBN 0-7270-0623-1
  6. ^ Anglican Archives Archived 10 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ 1995 Synod Archived 13 March 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ "Funeral of Bishop Hamish". St Boniface Anglican Cathedral. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Hamish Thomas Umphelby JAMIESON". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 26 January 2024.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of Carpentaria
1974–1984
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Bunbury
1984–2000
Succeeded by