Harry Carpenter (bishop)
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This article is about the Anglican Bishop. For the sports commentator, see Harry Carpenter.
Harry James Carpenter (1901–1993) was an English bishop and theologian. He was Warden of Keble College, Oxford (1939–1955) and then 37th Bishop of Oxford (1955–1970).
He married Urith Monica Trevelyan, a teacher, and their son was the broadcaster and biographer Humphrey Carpenter.
From 1962 to 1970 he lived in the village of Cuddesdon, where there had historically been a bishop's palace, but his successors found this impractical and in 1978 the bishops reverted to living within the city.[1] He initiated the ecumenical discussions which eventually resulted in the building of the Church of Christ the Cornerstone in Milton Keynes.
There is a parish school named after Bishop Carpenter in the Oxfordshire village of North Newington.
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| Preceded by Kenneth E. Kirk |
Bishop of Oxford 1955–1970 |
Succeeded by Kenneth John Woollcombe |
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