Arthur Beresford Turner (24 August 1862 – 28 October 1910) was the second Anglican Bishop in

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from 1905 until his death from blood poisoning five years later. Born into an ecclesiastical family, he was educated at Marlborough College and Keble College, Oxford. After graduating, he studied for ordination at

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before

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and

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. He was ordained priest by John Mackarness,

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, at

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on 27 May 1888. After a further four years as senior curate at

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he went to

to be part of the

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missionary team. For the next 14 years he was a devoted servant to the emergent Korean church. He was consecrated a bishop by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, in

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on the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul (25 January) 1905; and served as

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"Bishop in Corea" until he died in post. A noted cricketer, he died "whilst still at the height of his powers"''The Cross and the Rising Sun'', Ion, A H: Ontario, Wilfrid Laurier University Press 1990 from blood poisoning.

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Bishops in Korea 1862 births People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Keble College, Oxford 1910 deaths British expatriates in Korea Anglican bishops in Korea {{Korea-reli-bio-stub