James Lumsden Barkway (9 July 187812 December 1968) was a
bishop
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is c ...
in the 20th century.
Biography
He was born on 9 July 1878 and educated at
Liverpool University
, mottoeng = These days of peace foster learning
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and
Westminster College, Cambridge
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History
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.
After ten years as a
Presbyterian
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minister his first
Anglican ministry position was as a
minor canon
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Minor canons are clergy and take part in the daily services but are not part of t ...
at
St Albans Cathedral from where he moved to be
vicar
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of Christ Church,
Luton
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. He was made deacon on
Trinity Sunday
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1916 (18 June) and ordained priest the following Trinity Sunday (3 June 1917) — both times by
Edgar Jacob,
Bishop of St Albans
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, at the cathedral. Following time as
Rector
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Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Little Gaddesden
Little Gaddesden (pronounced ) is a village and civil parish in the borough of Dacorum, Hertfordshire north of Berkhamsted. As well as Little Gaddesden village (population 694), the parish contains the settlements of Ashridge (population 53), H ...
, he was appointed the
Bishop of Bedford
The Bishop of Bedford is an episcopal title used by a Church of England suffragan bishop who, under the direction of the Diocesan Bishop of St Albans, oversees 150 parishes in Luton and Bedfordshire.
The title, which takes its name after the to ...
in 1935. He was consecrated a bishop by
Cosmo Lang
William Cosmo Gordon Lang, 1st Baron Lang of Lambeth, (31 October 1864 – 5 December 1945) was a Scottish Anglican prelate who served as Archbishop of York (1908–1928) and Archbishop of Canterbury (1928–1942). His elevation to Archbishop ...
,
Archbishop of Canterbury, at
St Paul's Cathedral on
Whit Tuesday
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1935 (11 June).
Barkway wrote a popular apologetic presentation of the Niceno-Constantinopolitan Creed, ''The Creed and its Credentials''.
Three years later he was
translated
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to be the
Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane where he stayed for eleven years. He resigned his See in May 1949.
He retired to
Kingscote, Gloucestershire
Kingscote is a village and civil parish in the Cotswold district of Gloucestershire, England, set on the uplands near the south western edge of the Cotswold hills. It is situated about two miles (3 km) east of Uley, five miles (8 km) e ...
, where he undertook some bishop's duties; he died at home
in
Coulsdon
Coulsdon (, traditionally pronounced ) is a town in south London, England, within the London Borough of Croydon, in the ceremonial county of Greater London since 1965. Prior to this it was part of the historic county of Surrey.
History
The loc ...
,
Greater London, on 12 December 1968, aged 90.
References
1878 births
1968 deaths
Alumni of the University of Liverpool
Archdeacons of St Albans
Bishops of Bedford
Bishops of Saint Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
20th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops
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19th-century Anglican theologians
20th-century Anglican theologians