John Coleridge Patteson 1780934 207569192 2008-04-23T10:02:28Z Good Olfactory 6454287 Quick-adding category "Christian missionaries in Norfolk Island" (using [[WP:HOTCAT|HotCat]]) {{Infobox Saint |name= John Coleridge Patteson | birth_date = [[1 April]] [[1827]] | death_date = [[20 September]] [[1871]] |feast_day= 20 September |venerated_in= [[Anglican Communion]] |image=Bishoppatterson.jpg |caption=John Coleridge Patteson |birth_place= [[England]] |death_place = [[Nukapu]], [[Solomon Islands]] |titles=Bishop and Martyr |beatified_date= |beatified_place= |beatified_by= |canonized_date= |canonized_place= |canonized_by= |attributes= |patronage= |major_shrine= |suppressed_date= |issues= }}{{Anglican Portal}} '''John Coleridge Patteson''' ([[April 1]], [[1827]] - [[September 20]], [[1871]]) was an [[Anglicanism|Anglican]] [[bishop]] and [[martyr]]. Patteson was educated at [[Eton College|Eton]] and then [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]], [[Oxford]]. He was ordained in 1853 in the [[Church of England]]. His old tutor at Eton, [[George Augustus Selwyn]], was the first [[Bishop of New Zealand]], and he persuaded Patteson to become a [[missionary]] to the [[South Seas]]. In 1855 Patteson set out to found the Melanesian Mission. He founded a college on [[Norfolk Island]] for native boys, toured the islands on the ship ''[[Southern Cross (ship)|Southern Cross]]'', and learned many of the local languages. In 1861 he was made [[Bishop of Melanesia]]. On [[20 September]] [[1871]] he was murdered on the island of Nukapu in the [[Solomon Islands]], where he had landed alone. Natives killed him as revenge against the abduction of some natives by white men months earlier. His death became a ''cause celebre'' in [[England]] and increased interest both in missionary work and in improvement of the working conditions in [[Melanesia]]. His life is celebrated in the [[Church of England]] as a saintly one, and he is commemorated with a [[Lesser Festival]] on 20 September. == Biographies == *[http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/default.asp?Find_Quick.asp?PersonEssay=1P10 Dictionary of New Zealand Biography] * ''Life of John Coleridge Patteson'' by [[Charlotte Mary Yonge]] *[http://www.janeresture.com/patteson/index.htm Bishop Patteson the first bishop of Melanesia] == References == *[http://anglicanhistory.org/cmyonge/patteson.html Life by Charlotte Yonge] *[http://encyclopedia.jrank.org/PAS_PER/PATTESON.html Biographical entry from Volume V20, Page 937 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica] *[http://world-history-blog.blogspot.com/2007/01/death-of-bishop-patteson.html The Death of Bishop Patteson] {{start box}} {{s-ecc}} {{succession box |before=''Inaugural appointment'' |after=[[John Richardson Selwyn]] ]] |title=[[Bishop of Melanesia]] |years=1861-1871 }} {{end box}} {{Bishops of Melanesia}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Patteson, John Coleridge}} [[Category:Anglican saints]] [[Category:English Anglicans]] [[Category:Bishops of Melanesia]] [[Category:Protestant martyrs of Modern Times]] [[Category:Anglican missionaries]] [[Category:English Christian missionaries]] [[Category:Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford]] [[Category:Old Etonians]] [[Category:1827 births]] [[Category:1871 deaths]] [[Category:Christian missionaries in the Solomon Islands]] [[Category:Christian missionaries in Norfolk Island]]