Henry Newton (5 January 1866 – 25 September 1947) was an Anglican colonial bishop who served two Southern Hemisphere dioceses in the first half of the 20th century.

In 1876 he was adopted by the Rev Frederick Robert Newton, and subsequently took his surname.

[3] Ordained in 1891,[4] after a curacy at St John's, Hackney[5] he returned to the Antipodes where he became priest at St Agnes's Church, Esk, Queensland,[6] and then a missionary in New Guinea.

During his term as bishop, St Paul's Theological College, Moa, was opened for native students to train for ordination,[8] and in 1919 he ordained the first two Torres Strait Islanders to become deacons, Poey Passi[9] and Joseph Lui.

In 1935, he was awarded the King George V Silver Jubilee Medal.