{{for|the Ugandan poet|Christopher Henry Muwanga Barlow}} {{Use British English|date=January 2012}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}} {{Portal|Christianity}} {{Infobox person | name = Christopher George Barlow | image = Christopher George Barlow Bishop of North Queensland 1891-1902.jpg | alt = | caption =Christopher George Barlow | birth_name = <!-- only use if different from name --> | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1858|12|09}} | birth_place = Dublin, Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1915|08|30|1858|12|09}} | death_place = Cooma, NSW, Australia | nationality = | other_names = | occupation = | known_for = }}
'''Christopher George Barlow''' (9 December 1858 – 30 August 1915) was an Anglican bishop in Australia. He was a Bishop of North Queensland and a Bishop of Goulburn.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au/files/1971/File/Mulher2.pdf |title=Goulburn history archives|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110614151041/http://www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au/files/1971/File/Mulher2.pdf|archivedate=14 June 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0265%2FVCCorr.XI.22 |title=Janus |publisher=Janus.lib.cam.ac.uk |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref><ref>"A Goodly Heritage : a History of the Diocese of Canberra and Goulburn. Christopher George Barlow, third Bishop of Goulburn, 1902–1915." ''The Southern Churchman''. Vol.60, August 1962. pp.4–5</ref>
==Early life== Barlow was born in Dublin<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.barlowgenealogy.com/ireland/FamilyHistoryCentre-Barlow.htm |title=Barlow family history |publisher=Barlowgenealogy.com |date=22 November 2001 |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref> and educated at Blackrock College before going into his stepfather's business.<ref>{{cite book|last=Thorn |first=Barbara |chapter-url=http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/biogs/A070181b.htm |title=ADB on-line |chapter=Christopher George Barlow (1858–1915) |publisher=Adbonline.anu.edu.au |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref> Later he went to Australia to be Secretary to his friend George Henry Stanton, the first Anglican Bishop of North Queensland.<ref>''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref>
== Religious life == Ordained deacon in 1881<ref>"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889</ref> his first position was as a curate at Mackay.<ref>Who was Who 1987–1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> After he was ordained priest in 1882, he held incumbencies at St Paul's, Charters Towers 1882–1885, and at St James's Pro-Cathedral,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/raynerthesis.pdf |title=The History of the Church of England in Queensland|accessdate=12 January 2012|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130425102317/http://www.anglicanarchives.org.au/raynerthesis.pdf|archivedate=25 April 2013}}</ref> Townsville 1886–1891.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://stjamescathedral.wordpress.com/about/ |title=Cathedral history |publisher=Stjamescathedral.wordpress.com |accessdate=12 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090707022236/http://stjamescathedral.wordpress.com/about/ |archive-date=7 July 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was a missionary priest 1885–1886, and was in 1887 made honorary Canon, before succeeding Stanton as Bishop of North Queensland in 1891.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anglicanhistory.org/aus/symonds1898/ |title=Project Canterbury |publisher=Anglicanhistory.org |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref><ref>''Ecclesiastical Intelligence'' The Times Wednesday, 4 March 1891; pg. 9; Issue 33263; col F</ref> He received the degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) the same year, after he was nominated bishop.
Barlow was consecrated an Anglican bishop on 25 July 1891. He was translated<ref>{{cite web|url=http://anglicanhistory.org/aus/symonds1898/ |title=Anglican History |publisher=Anglican History |accessdate=12 January 2012}}</ref> to Goulburn in 1902, with his election on 28 January<ref>''Ecclesiastical Intelligence'' The Times Thursday, 30 January 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36678; col B</ref> and installation on 23 April. He established a short-lived theological college, the Clergy Training College, Goulburn, in 1906.<ref>{{Cite book|chapter-url=https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/barlow-christopher-george-5133|title=Australian Dictionary of Biography: Christopher George Barlow|chapter=Christopher George Barlow (1858–1915) |publisher=National Centre of Biography, Australian National University |access-date=22 March 2021}}</ref>
== Later life == Barlow died on 30 August 1915, shortly after retiring on 31 March, and is buried at Mulwaree.<ref>The Times, Wednesday, 1 Sep 1915; pg. 1; Issue 40948; col B ''Death of the Bishop of Goulburn''</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au/files/3856/File/ADOPGenCemMasterPlan.pdf |title=Mulwaree General Cemetery Master Plan|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927083211/http://www.goulburn.nsw.gov.au/files/3856/File/ADOPGenCemMasterPlan.pdf|archivedate=27 September 2011|page=16}}</ref>
== Legacy == A street in Townsville is named in his memory.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/resources/3637.pdf|title=The origins of Townsville Street names|page=11|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091006194330/https://www.townsville.qld.gov.au/resources/3637.pdf|archivedate=6 October 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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* [https://web.archive.org/web/20140714134740/http://www.bdm.nsw.gov.au/cgi-bin/IndexSearch?form=IndexingSearch&cgiurl=%2Fcgi-bin%2FIndex%2FIndexingBirth.cgi&sname=Barlow+&gname=&fname=&mname=&event=deaths&frange=1915&trange=&place=&x=63&y=7&SessionID=46308985 NSW BDM Search for 1915]
==Further reading== * {{cite Australasia|Barlow, Right Rev. Christopher George}}
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