Richard Godfrey was a priest who worked as a missionary for the Anglican Church in Melanesia.[1]
Godfrey was educated at St John's College, Auckland and ordained in 1916. After a curacy in Middleton, Christchurch, New Zealand he was a missionary on Banks Island from 1918 to 1919. He was subsequently at Pentecost Island from 1920 to 1927, and on the Solomon Islands from 1928.[2] He was Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia from 1934 to 1935. After his missionary service he served the church in Sydney, Aramoho, Grey Lynn, Onehunga and Point Chevalier.[3]
References
edit- ^ Anglican History
- ^ Solomon Islands Historical Encyclopaedia 1893–1978
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1951/2 p490: London; OUP; 1951
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