Charles Harvey Stileman (15 February 1863 – 23 February 1925) was an Anglican clergyman, the inaugural Anglican

Bishop in Persia The Diocese of Iran is one of the four dioceses of the Episcopal Church in Jerusalem and the Middle East, Anglican Province of Jerusalem and the Middle East. The diocese was established in 1912 as the Diocese of Persia and was incorporated into th ...

from 1912 until 1917. Charles Harvey Stileman was educated at Repton School and Trinity College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1887, his first post was as a

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at St Peter's North Shields. He subsequently became a missionary in the Middle East. His last post before elevation to the episcopate was as secretary of the

Church of England Zenana Mission The Church of England Zenana Missionary Society (CEZMS; founded 1880), also known as the Church of England Zenana Mission, was a British Anglican missionary society established to spread Christianity in India. It would later expand its Christian mis ...

. On his return to England he was Vicar of Emmanuel Church, Clifton, Bristol. He died on 23 February 1925. The Times, Wednesday, Feb. 25, 1925; pg. 19; Issue 43895; col. B ''Bishop Stileman'' His brother, Leonard, was a first-class cricketer.

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