John Patteson

English Anglican bishop and martyr (1827-1871) Date Of Birth : 1827-04-01T00:00:00Z Date Of Death : 1871-09-20T00:00:00Z

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 calendar on 20 September.

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  • Other Names :John Coleridge Patteson,John Patteson,Джон Кольридж Паттесон,جون باتيسون
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  • Country : United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Ireland
  • Born on 20 September