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Charles Turner (bishop)

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Charles Turner
Bishop of Islington
DioceseDiocese of London
In office1898–1923 (d.)
Other post(s)Rector of St Andrew Undershaft (1898–1911)
Orders
Ordination1868
by Harold Browne (Ely)
Consecration1898
by Frederick Temple (Canterbury)
Personal details
Born(1842-01-14)14 January 1842
Died13 July 1923(1923-07-13) (aged 81)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ResidenceClapham Common (at death)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Charles Henry Turner (14 January 1842 – 13 July 1923) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Islington from 1898 to 1923.[1]

Charles Henry Turner was educated at Highgate School and Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] Ordained by Harold Browne, Bishop of Ely, in 1868,[3] he was appointed Curate of Godmanchester then Chaplain to the Bishop of London. Afterwards he was Vicar of St Saviour's, Fitzroy Square in 1874, transferring to St George in the East, Shadwell five years later.[4] Appointed to be Rural Dean of Stepney in 1897, he was ordained to the episcopate the following year.[5]

He was consecrated a bishop on the Feast of St Barnabas 1898 (11 June), at St Paul's Cathedral by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury.[6] He served as Bishop suffragan of Islington, with responsibility for North London, which had hitherto been under the Bishops suffragan Bedford and then of Stepney.[7] Turner was simultaneously Rector of St Andrew Undershaft.[8] He died on 13 July 1923,[9] and home in Clapham Common; he was still in post de jure but had de facto gradually retired in ill-health over the course of several years.[3]

References

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  1. ^ “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ^ "Turner, Charles Henry (TNR859CH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ a b "in memoriam: The Bishop of Islington". Church Times. No. 3156. 20 July 1923. p. 73. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ^ "EOL FHS". Archived from the original on 8 August 2008. Retrieved 3 October 2008.
  5. ^ The Times, Friday, Jun 17, 1898; pg. 10; Issue 35545; col C Ecclesiastical Intelligence New Bishop Suffragan of Islington
  6. ^ "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 1847. 17 June 1898. p. 687. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "London diocesan conference". Church Times. No. 1840. 29 April 1898. p. 468. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 19 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ Hatts, Leigh (2003). London City Churches. drawings by Paul Middleton. London: Bankside Press. ISBN 0-9545705-0-2.
  9. ^ The Times, Saturday, Jul 14, 1923; pg. 10; Issue 43393; col E Obituary — The Bishop of Islington
Church of England titles
New title Bishop of Islington
1898–1923
In abeyance
Title next held by
Ric Thorpe