Russell White (bishop)

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Russell 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.

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References

  1. ↑ The Times Monday, 27 Oct 1958; p. 8; Issue 54292; col A First Bishop Suffragan Of Tonbridge appointed
  2. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   0-7136-3457-X
  3. ↑ Picture of church
  4. ↑ "Ordinations" . Church Times (#3166). 28 September 1923. p. 347. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 16 October 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ↑ "Ordinations" . Church Times (#3220). 10 October 1924. p. 385. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 16 October 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ↑ Crockford's clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN   978-0-19-200008-8
  7. ↑ "Two bishops consecrated" . Church Times (#5004). 9 January 1959. p. 7. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 16 October 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ↑ The Times, Monday, 19 Nov 1979; p. VIII; Issue 60478; col H R. B. White Obituary
Church of England titles
New title Bishop of Tonbridge
1959 – 1968		Succeeded by
Henry David Halsey


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