John Henry Norton | |
Birth Date: | 31 December 1855 |
Birth Place: | Ballarat, Victoria, Australia |
Death Place: | Peterborough, South Australia |
Office: | Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Augusta |
Term Start: | 1906 |
Term End: | 1923 |
John Henry Norton (31 December 1855 − 22 March 1923) was an Australian Roman Catholic bishop.
John Henry Norton was born in Ballarat, Victoria, on 31 December 1855.[1]
Ordained to the priesthood on 8 April 1882, Norton was named bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Port Augusta, South Australia, in 1906.[2] He worked assiduously to develop his far-flung diocese.[3]
He died at his home in Peterborough on 22 March 1923, while still in office.[4]