Patrick Harold Falkiner Barron, also called Paddy, (13 November 1911 – 27 August 1991) was the fourth Bishop of George.

Barron was educated at Leeds University and (after studies at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield) ordained in 1939. He began his ordained ministry a curate at Our Most Holy Redeemer, Clerkenwell after which he was a chaplain to the South African Army during World War II. After the war he held incumbencies at Zeerust, Potchefstroom and Blyvooruitzicht. Later he was Archdeacon of Germiston, then Dean of Johannesburg. In 1964 he was ordained to the episcopate as Suffragan Bishop of Cape Town and two years later was translated to George.

Patrick Barron (bishop)

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1911 births

Alumni of the University of Leeds

Alumni of the College of the Resurrection

Anglican archdeacons in Africa

20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops

Anglican bishops of George

1991 deaths

South African military chaplains

World War II chaplains

Deans of Johannesburg

Patrick Barron (bishop)