Charles Ridley DuppuyAnglican History /ref> (杜培義, 22 September 188126 September 1944) was an
Anglican
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bishop
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Early life and career
He was born on 22 September 1881, the son of a priest (C. Duppuy), and educated at
Keble College, Oxford
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He was ordained in 1904 (the last year before the Diocese of Birmingham was founded) and his first post was as a
curate
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in
Aston
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History
Aston wa ...
; after which he was
Vicar
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of Christchurch,
Bradford
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Chaplain
Duppuy was released from his post in Bradford to serve for 13 months as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces from January 1918. He was described in his interview with the Chaplain-General as ‘manly, quick, keen...’ and was posted to France attached to the 42nd Division Royal Artillery.Index Card — Museum of Army Chaplaincy A Report described him as a priest of great energy and boundless enthusiasm. He had organising ability and was businesslike and very conscientious ‘a wonderful influence amongst officers and men. One of the best chaplains in the army’. The Deputy Chaplain-General was less laudatory regarding Duppuy as ‘satisfactory’ and ‘No great speaker or preacher’. Duppuy was demobilised in March, 1919.
Canon residentiary
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of
Worcester Cathedral
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Archdeacon of Worcester
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from 1938 and Vice-Dean of the cathedral from 1940. He died on 26 September 1944.
The Times
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, Sep 28, 1944; p. 7. ''Obituary Right Rev. Dr. C. R. Duppuy''