Charles Edward Curzon (15 April 1878, in Kensington – 1954) was an Anglican bishop, the 6th

Bishop of Stepney The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city district in the London Borough of T ...

from 1928 until 1936 when he was appointed Bishop of Exeter. He educated at

Lancaster Royal Grammar School Lancaster Royal Grammar School (LRGS) is a selective grammar school (day and boarding) for boys aged 11–18 in Lancaster, Lancashire, England. Old students belong to The Old Lancastrians. The school's sixth form opened to girls in 2019. LRGS i ...

and Christ's College, Cambridge. He embarked on an ecclesiastical career with a

curacy 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 ...

West Kensington West Kensington, formerly North End, is an area in the ancient parish of Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, England, 3.4 miles (5.5 km) west of Charing Cross. It covers most of the London postal area of W14, includ ...

. Incumbencies at

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St Oswald's and

Goole Goole is a port town and civil parish on the River Ouse in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The town's historic county is the West Riding of Yorkshire. According to the 2011 UK census, Goole parish had a population of 19,518, an increa ...

followed before elevation to the

Suffragan Bishopric A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations. In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdiction ...

in 1928, a post he held until promotion to the Exeter See in 1936.''New Bishop Of Exeter Right Rev. C. E. Curzon Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices)'' The Times Tuesday, 15 September 1936; pg. 17; Issue 47480; col C

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Bishops of Stepney Bishops of Chester 20th-century Church of England bishops People educated at Lancaster Royal Grammar School Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge 1878 births 1954 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub