Patrick Burnet Harris (30 September 193426 December 2020) was a
Church of England
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bishop
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who served in two episcopal positions.
He was educated at
St Albans School and
Keble College, Oxford. He trained for ordination at
Clifton Theological College
Trinity College, Bristol is an evangelical Anglican theological college located in Stoke Bishop, Bristol, England. It offers a range of full-time and part-time taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses which are validated by the University ...
. He was
ordained
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deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961 and his first post was as a
curate at
St Ebbe's Church, Oxford after which he became a
missionary
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in
South America
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with the
South American Mission Society
The South American Mission Society was founded at Brighton in 1844 as the Patagonian Mission. Captain Allen Gardiner, R.N., was the first secretary. The name "Patagonian Mission" was retained for twenty years, when the new title was adopted. The n ...
. He became the
Archdeacon of
Salta
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in 1969 before being ordained to the
episcopate
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
four years later as
Bishop of Northern Argentina.
After seven years he returned to
England
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firstly as
Rector
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*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Kirkheaton
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and
Assistant Bishop of Wakefield (1981–1985);
and then
Secretary
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of the
Partnership for World Mission
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[ Crockford(London, Church House 1995) ] and
Assistant Bishop of Oxford (1986–1988)
where he remained until he was appointed
Bishop of Southwell, a post he held until his 1999 retirement.
In retirement he served as an
assistant bishop in the
Diocese of Lincoln (1999–2005), in the
Diocese of Gloucester
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(2005–2017) and in the
Diocese in Europe
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(1999 until his death).
He died on 26 December 2020, aged 86.
References
1934 births
2020 deaths
People educated at St Albans School, Hertfordshire
Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
Anglican archdeacons in South America
20th-century Anglican bishops in South America
Anglican bishops of Northern Argentina
Bishops of Southwell
20th-century Church of England bishops
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