John Mitchinson (bishop)
John Mitchinson (23 September 1833 – 25 September 1918) was a British teacher and Anglican priest who was Bishop of Barbados and later served as Master of Pembroke College, Oxford.
Education
He was born in Durham on 23 September 1833 and educated at Durham School and Pembroke College, Oxford.[1]
Career
He was an Assistant Master at Merchant Taylors’ then Headmaster of the King's School, Canterbury from 1859 to 1873. Ordained in 1860 he became Bishop of Barbados in 1873,[2] holding the post for eight years, but becoming known as Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands from 1877, when he created the separate Diocese of the Windward Islands but remained as bishop over that diocese too. After leaving Barbados, his associations with the area continued: he served as coadjutor bishop (1879–1882) for Walrond Jackson, Bishop of Antigua, visiting those islands on Jackson's behalf because he was forced to remain in England in illness.[3] From July 1881 – 1899 he was Rector of Sibstone;[4][5] Assistant Bishop of Peterborough, August 1881 – November 1900[5][6] (he "administered the See", i.e. temporarily acted up as Bishop of Peterborough);[7] and Archdeacon of Leicester, 1886–1899.[8] During the 1885 vacancy in the See of Manchester, he served as the Archbishop of York's episcopal commissary in that diocese — effectively its acting diocesan bishop.[9] In 1899 he returned to his former college as Master, where he remained (being ex officio a Canon of Gloucester,[8] in which diocese he also undertook some limited episcopal duties)[7] until his death on 25 September 1918.[10] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).
He was on the governing body of Abingdon School from 1899-1912 and was Chairman of the Governors from 1900–1908.[11]
Notes and references
- ^ Who was Who 1897-1990. London: A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Barbados-Anglican
- ^ "Mitchinson, John". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/47175. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory. London: Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ a b "Church News (col. 4)". Church Times. No. 988. 30 December 1881. p. 914. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Personal (col. 1)". Church Times. No. 1972. 9 November 1900. p. 514. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ a b "in memoriam: John Mitchinson, Bishop". Church Times. No. 2905. 27 September 1918. p. 225. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ a b "Preferments and Appointments". Church Times. No. 1882. 17 February 1899. p. 190. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "col. 1". Church Times. No. 1191. 20 November 1885. p. 899. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 27 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Sep 26, 1918; pg. 9; Issue 41905; col C Death of Bishop Mitchinson.
- ^ "Heraldry At Abingdon" (PDF). The Abingdonian.
Further reading
- Gilmore, John (1987) The Toiler of the Sees: a life of John Mitchinson, Bishop of Barbados. Wildey, St. Michael: Barbados National Trust
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