Donald Blackwood
Australian bishop
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| Intro | Australian bishop | |
| Places | Australia | |
| was | Priest | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Anglicanism | |
| Birth | 3 November 1884 | |
| Death | 25 June 1967 (aged 82 years) |
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Donald Burns Blackwood MC (3 November 1884 – 25 June 1967) was the third Bishop of Gippsland from 1942 to 1955.
Blackwood was educated at the University of Tasmania and ordained in 1908. From 1912 to 1920 he was a chaplain in the Australian Armed Forces. Later he held incumbencies at Latrobe and Cressy. In 1929 he was appointed Archdeacon of Hobart, a position he held until his ordination to the episcopate.