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Russell Darbyshire

Russell Darbyshire

English Anglican bishop

John Russell Darbyshire (12 October 1880 – 30 June 1948) was an Anglican bishop.[1][2]

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Life and ministry

He was born in Birkenhead in Cheshire in 1880, the son of Edward and Matilda Darbyshire,[3] and educated at Dulwich College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[4] Ordained deacon in 1904 and priest in 1905,[5] his first post was as a Curate at St Andrew the Less, Cambridge[6] after which he was Vice-Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Later he was Vicar of St Luke, Liverpool then a Canon Residentiary at Manchester Cathedral. From 1922 to 1931[7] he was Archdeacon of Sheffield, his last post before his ordaination to the episcopate as Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway[8]- a post he held until 1938. In that year he was appointed Archbishop of Cape Town.[9]

He was created a sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1938.[10]

He visited England to attend the Lambeth Conference in 1948, and died in London on 30 June 1948.[11] He never married.

A set of iron gates were erected in his memory at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town.[12]

Bibliography

  • The Christian Faith and some Alternatives (1921)
  • Our Treasury of Prayer and Praise (1926)
  • Jesus, the Messiah in the Gospels (1933)

Notes

  1. [1]
    National Archives
  2. [2]
    “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. [3]
    National Archives, 1901 England Census, reference RG 13/650
  4. [4]
    "Darbyshire, John Russell (DRBR899JR)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. [5]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  6. [6]
    Genuki
  7. [7]
    Honorary graduates of Sheffield University[permanent dead link]
  8. [8]
    List of the Bishops of Glasgow Archived 10 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  9. [9]
    "Archbishop of Cape Town enthroned", The Times, 1 October 1938, p. 11.
  10. [10]
    London Gazette
  11. [11]
    "Obituary Archbishop Of Cape Town", The Times, 1 July 1948, p. 6
  12. [12]
    Cathedral web site
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