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Apr 01, 1827 England, United Kingdom Died on 20 Sep 1871 (aged 44)
English Anglican bishop and martyr
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About John Patteson Bishop
- John Coleridge Patteson (1 April 1827 – 20 September 1871) was an English Anglican bishop, missionary to the South Sea Islands, and an accomplished linguist, learning 23 of the islands' more than 1,000 languages. In 1861, Patteson was selected as the first Bishop of the Anglican Church of Melanesia.
- He was killed on Nukapu, one of the easternmost islands of the Solomon Islands, on 20 September 1871.
- Consequently, he is commemorated in the Church of England on 20 September.
