Patrick Barron

Who was Patrick Barron?

Patrick Harold Falkiner Barron, also called Paddy, was the fourth Bishop of George.

Barron was educated at Leeds University and ordained in 1939. He began his ordained ministry a curate at the Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell after which he was a chaplain to the South African Army during World War II. After the war he held incumbencies at Zeerust, Potchefstroom and Blyvooruitzicht. Later he was Archdeacon of Germiston, then Dean of Johannesburg. In 1964 he was ordained to the episcopate as Suffragan Bishop of Cape Town and two years later was translated to George.