# Gething Caulton

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**Sydney Gething Caulton** (1895[1] – 23 August 1976) was a British bishop who spent much of his career in [New Zealand](/source/New_Zealand) and the South Pacific.

A graduate of [St Chad's College](/source/St_Chad's_College), [Durham University](/source/Durham_University), where he gained his M.A., Caulton was made a deacon in Liverpool in 1922 and ordained priest there the next year,[2] and remained there until 1930 when he became a missionary in the Diocese of Melanesia.

He arrived in New Zealand in 1937, with his wife and son, to become Vicar of [Whakatāne](/source/Whakat%C4%81ne),[3] and then Vicar of St Peter's, [Onehunga](/source/Onehunga). He was inducted Vicar of [St Mary's](/source/St_Mary's_Cathedral,_Auckland), and installed (*ex officio*) as [Dean of Auckland](/source/Dean_of_Auckland) in February 1946.[4] On 2 February 1948, he was consecrated a bishop by [Cecil Cherrington](/source/Cecil_Cherrington), [Bishop of Waikato](/source/Bishop_of_Waikato), at St Mary's, and based himself in the [New Hebrides](/source/New_Hebrides) (now [Vanuatu](/source/Vanuatu)). On completion of his time as [Bishop of Melanesia](/source/Bishop_of_Melanesia) (March 1954) he became [Vicar](/source/Vicar) of Northcote, then St George, [Epsom, New Zealand](/source/Epsom,_New_Zealand) (and Assistant Bishop of Auckland, 1955–1964) before his return to England as [Assistant Bishop of Southwark](/source/Assistant_Bishop_of_Southwark) (1964–68);[5] in 1969 he lived in Auckland again.[2]

## References

1. [“Who was Who” 1897-1990](/source/Who's_Who) London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X

1. Blain, Michael. *Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932* (2019) p. 268 (Accessed at [Project Canterbury](http://anglicanhistory.org/nz/blain_directory/directory.pdf), 26 June 2019)

1. [Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1940-41 Oxford, [Oxford University Press](/source/Oxford_University_Press) OUP,1941

1. [Pacific Progress - Centenary book of the Melanesian Mission *(includes picture of Caulton)*](http://anglicanhistory.org/oceania/centenary1949/)

1. [National Archives](http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=362-3744&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1)

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