Daniel Corrie (10 April 1777 – 5 February 1837) was an English Anglican priest and bishop, the inaugural Bishop of Madras. Corrie was born at

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, the second son of John Corrie, a vicar in

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. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge,

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of the Diocese of Lincoln on 13 June 1802 and ordained a

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on 10 June 1804. He became Archdeacon of Calcutta in 1823. He was consecrated bishop in 1835 and died on 5 February 1837.

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later reported that he had been taken ill at an SPG meeting on 31 January 1837.Friday, 23 June 1837; pg. 4; Issue 16450; col F

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*Corrie, Daniel (1856) ''Familiar Letters''; from Daniel Corrie, a military chaplain in the service of the East India Company, to a subaltern officer in the same service. The writer was subsequently advanced to the Bishopric of Madras. Cockermouth: Printed for private circulation only, at Bailey's office. *Corrie, Daniel et al. (1847) ''Memoirs of the Right Rev. Daniel Corrie''; compiled chiefly from his own letters and journals, by his brothers, George Corrie and Henry Corrie. London: Seeley, Burnside, & Seeley *MacNaghten, Angus (1969) ''Daniel Corrie, his Family and Friends''. London: Johnson {{DEFAULTSORT:Corrie, Daniel 19th-century Anglican bishops in Asia Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Anglican bishops of Madras Archdeacons of Calcutta 1778 births 1837 deaths British expatriates in India

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