John Feetham (bishop)

John Oliver Feetham (28 January 1873 – 14 September 1947) was a long-serving Anglican bishop in Australia, who was aligned with the Anglo-Catholic tradition.

[4] Feetham was born into an ecclesiastical family, his father was the Reverend William Feetham, Rural Dean of Raglan, Monmouthshire and his mother the daughter of an archdeacon.

[11] In 1913 he was ordained to the episcopate as the fourth Bishop of North Queensland.

[4] Feetham established a number of Anglican schools in North Queensland:[12] Feetham died on 14 September 1947[13] and his ashes were interred beneath the high altar at St James' Cathedral, Townsville.

[14] Feetham is commemorated in the Australian Anglican calendar on 15 September.