Name George Frodsham | ||
George Horsfall Frodsham (1863–1937) was an English-born Anglican priest. From 1902 to 1913 he was the Bishop of North Queensland in Australia.
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Early life
Frodsham was born in Sale Moor, Cheshire, England on 14 September 1863. He was educated at Birkenhead School and University College, Durham.
Religious life
Frodsham was ordained in 1888. His first positions were curacies at St Thomas’ Leeds and St Margaret’s Ilkley.
From 1896 he was Rector of St Thomas’ in Toowong, Brisbane, Queensland and then chaplain to the Bishop of Brisbane. In 1902 it was announced that he would become Bishop of North Queensland, and he was consecrated as such on 17 August 1902 at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney, by Archbishop Saumarez Smith. He served as bishop until 1913.
On his return to England he was a canon residentiary at Gloucester Cathedral. In 1920 he became Vicar of Halifax West Yorkshire, a position he held until his death.
Later life
Frodsham died in Halifax on 6 March 1937.