Frederick M. Molyneux

Frederick Merivale Molyneux (1885-1948) was sixth Bishop of Melanesia. A graduate of Keble College, Oxford, and Cuddesdon College, he served as assistant Bishop of Melanesia from 1925 to 1928, and as assistant bishop from 1928 to 1932. He had responsibility for the Southern Archdeaconery based in Lolowai, Aoba (now called Ambae, but lived primarily in the Banks Islands. He resigned his diocese in November 1931 following a 'complete nervous breakdown (after concerns about erotic involvements with men)' (Blain Clergy Directory) and left the Solomon Islands in April 1932.