John Wallace Chisholm, (14 September 1923 – 24 May 1975) was an Australian divine who served as the tenth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia^[1] and first Archbishop of the Province of Melanesia. He was educated at Trinity College, University of Melbourne^[2] and ordained in 1947. His first post was as a Curate at St Stephen's Church, Rochester Row, Westminster^[3] after which he was Sub-Dean of Ss Peter and Paul Cathedral, Dogura, Territory of Papua and New Guinea.^[4] From his consecration as a bishop on 24 February 1964^[5] until 1967 he was an Auxiliary Bishop of the Diocese of New Guinea^[6] when he became Bishop of Melanesia,^[7] a post he held until 26 January 1975 when the Diocese of Melanesia became a province and he automatically became Archbishop of Melanesia (and Primate) and Bishop of Central Melanesia.^[8] He died on 24 May, shortly after signing the last paperwork of the Province's creation process.^[9]