12 Facts About Frederic Barker

Frederic Barker was the second Anglican bishop of Sydney.

Frederic Barker was made deacon on 10 April 1831 by the Bishop of Rochester; he was ordained a priest on 15 April 1832, and placed in charge of the perpetual curacy of Upton, Cheshire.

Frederic Barker arrived at Sydney on 25 May 1855, and was installed on 31 May 1855 at the temporary cathedral.

Frederic Barker then began a series of visitations in his diocese, then covering an immense area.

In 1863 Frederic Barker visited England where he succeeded in raising a considerable sum of money for the prosecution of the work of his church, and gave many addresses on Australia in different parts of England.

Frederic Barker visited England again in 1871 and 1877 and was able to bring the needs of the new dioceses before the Society for Propagating the Gospel and other societies.

In December 1880 Frederic Barker had a stroke of paralysis, and in March 1881 he went to Europe in the hope of recovering his health.

Frederic Barker married firstly in 1840, Jane Sophia, daughter of John Harden, and secondly in 1878, Mary Jane, daughter of Edward Woods.

Frederic Barker was deeply evangelical and his teaching was based simply on the Bible.

Frederic Barker published Thirty-six Psalms with Commentary and Prayer, and A Charge Delivered to the Clergy of the Diocese of Sydney.

Frederic Barker was a contributor to The Supposed Sacrament of Penance, A Course of Sermons ; and On the Rise of the Errors of the Church of Rome, A Course of Sermons.

The Sydney North Shore private school, Frederic Barker College, was named in honour of Frederic Barker by founder Rev Henry Plume.