Thomas Chapman (bishop)
Thomas Alfred Chapman (1867–1949[1]) was an Anglican bishop[2] in the first half of the twentieth century.[3]
Life
Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1890[4] and began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate at Charles Church, Plymouth. After this he was Vicar of St John, Carlisle[5] and then Rural Dean of East Bristol.[6] In 1899 he returned to Charles [7] to be Rural Dean of the Three Towns and then a decade later became Rural Dean of St Peter's, Bolton [8] before an 11-year spell as Bishop of Colchester.[9]
Notes
- Obituary-Bishop T. A. Chapman Former Suffragan Bishop Of Colchester The Times Thursday, Jun 02, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51397; col E
- Consecration details
- “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ”The Clergy List” London, John Phillips, 1900
- Church web-site
- Bristol information
- National Archives detail
- Incumbency details Archived 2008-11-18 at the Wayback Machine
- New Bishop Of Colchester. Canon Chapman Appointed. The Times Thursday, Jun 15, 1922; pg. 10; Issue 43058; col D
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| Preceded by Robert Henry Whitcombe |
Bishop of Colchester 1922 – 1933 |
Succeeded by Charles Henry Ridsdale |
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