Walter Baddeley
Religious Leader
1894 – 1960
Who was Walter Baddeley?
Walter Hubert Baddeley was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, serving from 1932 to 1947. He was born in Portslade, Hove, Sussex, and educated at Keble College and Cuddesdon College before ordination. Baddeley was ordained to the diaconate and priesthood in 1921, after which he served as both curate and vicar in the Diocese of York. Bishop Baddeley remained in his diocese during World War II, paying particular attention to medical work among those injured in fighting with the Imperial Japanese Army.
He received an honorary S.T.D. degree from Columbia University in 1944. In 1945, Baddeley received the Medal of Freedom. After returning to England, he served as suffragan Bishop of Whitby from 1947 to 1954 and then as Bishop of Blackburn from 1954 to 1960.
Baddeley is listed in the Calendar of saints.
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- Born
- 1894
- Religion
- Anglicanism
- Education
- Keble College, Oxford
- Ripon College Cuddesdon
- Died
- 1960
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on July 23, 2013
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