Josiah Brown Pearson (1841 – 10 March 1895) was the Anglican Bishop of Newcastle in New South Wales[1] from 1880 until 1889.[2]

Born in 1841 in Chesterfield, Derbyshire,[3] he was educated at Chesterfield Grammar School and St John's College, Cambridge.[4][5] Ordained deacon in 1865 and priest in 1866 he held curacies in Cambridge as well as being a Fellow at St John's (1865-80). He lectured in moral science at St John's (1865-71) and was Hulsean lecturer in 1872.[6] He held incumbencies at Horningsea (1871-74) and Newark (1874-80).[7] In 1880 he became Bishop of Newcastle (Australia).[8] Pearson struggled with the frontier-like nature of Australian dioceses, and when James Moorhouse was translated from Melbourne to Manchester in 1886, Pearson was offered and accepted an incumbency and assistant bishopric within the then vast diocese of Manchester.[9] Pearson's mental health collapsed, and it was not until 1889 that he was able to complete his resignation as Bishop of Newcastle.[10] By 1893 he was sufficiently recovered to became Vicar of St Peter's Church, Leck Lancashire.[11]

His recovery was short-lived, and he died in 1895.[12] He is buried in the churchyard at Leck.[13]

References

  1. ↑ Bishops of Newcastle, NSW Archived 2009-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ↑ University of Newcastle, NSW Archived 2008-08-11 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ ADB on-line
  4. ↑ "Pearson, Josiah Brown (PR860JB)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ↑ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  6. ↑ ADB on-line
  7. ↑ ADB on-line
  8. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  9. ↑ ADB on-line
  10. ↑ ADB on-line
  11. ↑ British History On Line
  12. ↑ Obituary For 1895 The Times Wednesday, Jan 01, 1896; pg. 11; Issue 34775; col A
  13. ↑ ."Find A Grave: Josiah Brown Pearson". Retrieved 26 August 2021.

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