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Bishop Of Colchester
The Bishop of Colchester is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The current bishop is Roger Morris, former Archdeacon of Worcester, who was consecrated as the Bishop of Colchester on 25 July 2014 at St Paul's Cathedral.Diocese of Worcester – Archdeacon of Worcester to become Bishop of Colchester (Accessed 2 May 2014) The title takes its name after the town of in , and was first created under the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Episcopal Polity
An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form of church governance ("ecclesiastical polity") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops. (The word "bishop" derives, via the British Latin and Vulgar Latin term ''*ebiscopus''/''*biscopus'', from the Ancient Greek ''epískopos'' meaning "overseer".) It is the structure used by many of the major Christian Churches and denominations, such as the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox, Church of the East, Anglican, Lutheran and Methodist churches or denominations, and other churches founded independently from these lineages. Churches with an episcopal polity are governed by bishops, practising their authorities in the dioceses and conferences or synods. Their leadership is both sacramental and constitutional; as well as performing ordinations, confirmations, and consecrations, the bishop supervises the clergy within a local jurisdiction and is the representative both to secular structures and within t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William More (bishop)
William More was appointed Bishop of Colchester to deputise within the Diocese of Ely under the provisions of the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 in 1536 and held the post until his death in 1541. Educated at Cambridge University. Life He is said to have been educated at both Oxford and Cambridge. He first appears as rector of Bradwell in Essex, having been collated 25 April 1534. On 5 October of the same year he was further collated to the rectory of West Tilbury in the same county, and then held the degree S.T.B. On 20 October 1536 he was consecrated bishop of Colchester as suffragan to the Bishop of Ely. He was a master in chancery at the time. He became abbot of Walden ''in commendam In canon law, commendam (or ''in commendam'') was a form of transferring an ecclesiastical benefice ''in trust'' to the ''custody'' of a patron. The phrase ''in commendam'' was originally applied to the provisional occupation of an ecclesiastica ...'' at an unknown date. As abbot he presented to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suffragan Bishop In Europe
The Suffragan Bishop in Europe is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese in Europe (in the Province of Canterbury.) The suffragan bishop assists the diocesan Bishop in Europe in overseeing the largest geographical diocese of the Church of England. . Retrieved on 4 June 2008. Before the current role was created by the erection of the Diocese in Europe from the Diocese of Gibraltar and the Bishop of Fulham
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Edward Holland (bishop)
Edward Holland (born 28 June 1936) is a retired Anglican bishop, who was the Suffragan Bishop in Europe and then the area Bishop of Colchester. He is now an honorary assistant bishop in both the Diocese of London and the Diocese in Europe. Early life Holland was born on 28 June 1936 and educated at Dauntsey's School and trained for the priesthood at King's College London, becoming an Associate of King's College (AKC). Ordained ministry Holland was ordained a deacon in 1965 and a priest in 1966. His first ministry position after ordination was as a curate at Holy Trinity, Dartford. He then served at John Keble Church, Mill Hill. before a period in the Mediterranean. Holland was precentor at Gibraltar Cathedral and then chaplain of Christ Church, Naples. He returned to London to be vicar of St Mark's, Bromley, before his ordination to the episcopate. Episcopal ministry Holland was consecrated as a bishop on 22 July 1986, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Sou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Vickers (bishop)
Michael Edwin Vickers (born 13 January 1929) is a retired English clergyman. He served as area Bishop of Colchester from 1988 to 1994. He was educated at St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate and Worcester College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Christ Church, Bexleyheath after which he was Senior Chaplain at Lee Abbey. Following this he was Vicar of St John's Newland, Hull. Later he became Rural Dean of Hull and then (his final appointment before appointment to the episcopate) Archdeacon of the East Riding. In retirement he continues to serve the Diocese of Blackburn as an Assistant Bishop. He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1959 (27 September) and ordained a priest the following Trinity Sunday (12 June 1960), both times by Christopher Chavasse, Bishop of Rochester, at Rochester Cathedral. He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 1988 by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formall ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bishop Of Fulham
The Bishop of Fulham is a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of London in the Church of England. The bishopric is named after Fulham, an area of south-west London; the see was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Order in Council dated 1 February 1926. Until 1980 the Bishop of Fulham was the bishop with episcopal oversight (delegated from the Bishop of London) of churches in northern and central Europe. In that year, responsibility for these parishes was transferred to the Bishop of Gibraltar as head of the renamed Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe. At present, the Bishop of Fulham fulfils the role of a provincial episcopal visitor for the dioceses of London and Southwark. This means having pastoral oversight of those parishes in the Anglo-Catholic tradition which cannot, on grounds of theological conviction, accept the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate, or bishops who have participated in ordaining women. As of December 2017, 46 parishes in the Dioces ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roderic Coote
Roderic Norman Coote OBE (13 April 19156 July 2000) was an Anglican bishop who held three different posts in an ecclesiastical career spanning half a century. Coote was the son of Commander Bernard Trotter Coote and Grace Harriet Robinson, daughter of the Very Reverend John Joseph Robinson. He was the grandson of Sir Algernon Coote, 12th Baronet, Lord-Lieutenant of Queen's County (see Coote baronets). Educated at Trinity College, Dublin , name_Latin = Collegium Sanctae et Individuae Trinitatis Reginae Elizabethae juxta Dublin , motto = ''Perpetuis futuris temporibus duraturam'' (Latin) , motto_lang = la , motto_English = It will last i ... and ordained in 1939, he began his career with a Curate, curacy at ''St Bartholomew's, Dublin''. After a decade as a missionary, missionary priest in The Gambia he became diocesan bishop (Anglican Diocese of Gambia, Bishop of Gambia and the Rio Pongas) in 1951. Translation (ecclesiastical), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dudley Narborough
Frederick Dudley Vaughan Narborough (called Dudley; 13 June 189521 January 1966) was an eminent Anglican bishop in the mid-twentieth century. Educated at Norwich School and Worcester College, Oxford; he was deaconed at Michaelmastide 1921 (18 September) and priested the next Michaelmas (24 September 1922) — both times by Hubert Burge, Bishop of Oxford, at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, and began his ecclesiastical career as Chaplain at his old college. After this he was Resident Chaplain to Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury; a Canon Residentiary at Bristol Cathedral; and then Provost of Southwark Cathedral before a 20-year spell as Bishop of Colchester. Until 1959, he was also Archdeacon of Colchester, after then he was also an honorary canon of Chelmsford Cathedral. He was consecrated a bishop on All Saints' Day 1946 (1 November) at Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Ridsdale
Charles Henry Ridsdale (also Risdale; 1873–1952) was an eminent Anglican bishop in the first half of the twentieth century. Educated at Malvern College and Trinity College, Oxford he was ordained in 1898. and began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate in Tideswell. After this he was head of the Trinity College Mission at Stratford; Vicar of St Margaret's, Leytonstone; and then Archdeacon of Gloucester before a 13-year spell as Bishop of Colchester The Bishop of Colchester is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Chelmsford, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The current bishop is Roger Morris, former Archdeacon of Worcester, who was consecra ... (1933–1946). Notes References The Malvern Register, 1865-1904, 1905 p. 226. 1873 births People educated at Malvern College Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Archdeacons of Gloucester Bishops of Colchester 1952 deaths 20th-century Church of England bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Chapman (bishop)
Thomas Alfred Chapman (1867–1949) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the twentieth century. Life Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1890 and began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate at Charles Church, Plymouth. After this he was Vicar of St John, Carlisle and then Rural Dean of East Bristol. In 1899 he returned to Charles to be Rural Dean of the Three Towns and then a decade later became Rural Dean of St Peter's, Bolton before an 11-year spell as Bishop of Colchester.''New Bishop Of Colchester. Canon Chapman Appointed.'' The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ( ... Thursday, Jun 15, 1922; pg. 10; Issue 43058; col D Notes {{DEFAULTSORT:Chapman, Thomas Alfred 1867 births Clergy from Staffordshire Alumni of Ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Whitcombe
The Rev Robert Henry Whitcombe (18 July 1862–19 March 1922) was an eminent Anglican Bishop. Educated at Winchester and New College, Oxford, from 1886 to 1899 he was a schoolmaster at Wellington College and then Eton. After this he was Rector of Hardwick, Buckinghamshire and then Vicar of Romford before a 13-year spell as Bishop of Colchester from 1909. A memorial window and plaque to him is situated on the south wall of St Mary-at-the-Walls, Colchester Colchester ( ) is a city in Essex, in the East of England. It had a population of 122,000 in 2011. The demonym is Colcestrian. Colchester occupies the site of Camulodunum, the first major city in Roman Britain and its first capital. Colch .... Notes 1862 births People from Gravesend, Kent People educated at Winchester College Bishops of Colchester 1922 deaths Alumni of New College, Oxford 20th-century Church of England bishops {{churchofEngland-bishop-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Johnson (bishop)
Henry Frank Johnson (17 December 1834 – 7 December 1908) was a bishop in the Church of England from 1895. He was born 17 December 1834, youngest son of Colonel John Johnson of Walbury, Great Hallingbury. Educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge, from 1856 to 1858 he was a cornet in the Royal Dragoons after which he studied for ordination at Wells Theological College. Following curacies at Richmond, Surrey and Sawbridgeworth, he was the first vicar of High Wych and then rector of Chelmsford. After this he was Archdeacon of Essex, before being appointed Bishop of Colchester in 1895. He remained Bishop of Colchester until his death in 1908. He was buried at High Wych. In December 1901 he was appointed honorary chaplain A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secular institution (such as a hospital, prison, military unit, intelligence ... ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
