russell, white, bishop, christianity, portalrussell, berridge, white, inaugural, bishop, tonbridge, from, 1959, 1968, born, december, 1896, educated, city, oxford, school, after, wartime, service, with, queen, oxfordshire, hussars, edmund, hall, oxford, after,. Christianity portalRussell Berridge White was the inaugural Bishop of Tonbridge from 1959 1 to 1968 Born on 13 December 1896 he was educated at the City of Oxford School and after wartime service with the Queen s Own Oxfordshire Hussars St Edmund Hall Oxford 2 After this he studied for ordination at Wycliffe Hall Oxford followed by a curacy at St Philemon Toxteth 3 He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1923 23 September by Francis Chavasse Bishop of Liverpool 4 and ordained priest the Michaelmas following 28 September 1924 by Albert David Bishop of Liverpool both times at Liverpool Cathedral 5 Between 1929 and 1933 he was Vicar of St Chrysostom Everton and then until 1937 he was Chaplain to the Mercers Company and Secretary of the Evangelical Churchmens Ordination Council with an office in St Mary Woolnoth in the City of London From 1937 to 1945 he was Vicar of St Stephens East Twickenham From 1945 until his retirement in 1968 he served as firstly Vicar and Rural Dean and then Bishop of Tonbridge 6 He was consecrated a bishop on 6 January 1959 by Geoffrey Fisher Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey 7 From 1968 until his death in 1978 he was Assistant Bishop in the Guildford Diocese Described by The Times 8 as one of the most trusted of his generation of evangelical leaders he died on 12 December 1979 the day before his 83rd birthday References Edit The Times Monday 27 October 1958 p 8 Issue 54292 col A First Bishop Suffragan of Tonbridge appointed Who was Who 1897 1990 London A amp C Black 1991 ISBN 0 7136 3457 X Picture of church Ordinations Church Times No 3166 28 September 1923 p 347 ISSN 0009 658X Retrieved 16 October 2019 via UK Press Online archives Ordinations Church Times No 3220 10 October 1924 p 385 ISSN 0009 658X Retrieved 16 October 2019 via UK Press Online archives Crockford s clerical directory 1975 76 Lambeth Church House 1975 ISBN 978 0 19 200008 8 Two bishops consecrated Church Times No 5004 9 January 1959 p 7 ISSN 0009 658X Retrieved 16 October 2019 via UK Press Online archives The Times Monday 19 November 1979 p VIII Issue 60478 col H R B White Obituary Church of England titlesNew title Bishop of Tonbridge1959 1968 Succeeded byHenry David Halsey This article about a Church of England bishop is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Russell White bishop amp oldid 1041887333, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
