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The Right Reverend

Thomas Suther
Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseAberdeen and Orkney
Elected1865
In office1865-1883
SuccessorArthur Douglas
Orders
Ordination1837
Consecration1865
Personal details
Born(1814-01-05)January 5, 1814
Died23 January 1883
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
NationalityScottish
DenominationAnglican

Thomas George Spink Suther (1814–23 January 1883)[1] was the Scottish Episcopalian bishop of Aberdeen from 1857–1865 and bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1865 to 1883.[2]

Suther was born in Edinburgh, educated at King's College, Windsor and ordained in 1837.[3] After curacies in Edinburgh and Leith[4] he came to St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen in 1841. A combative figure he died at San Remo on 23 January 1883.[5]

References

  1. ^ Diomedia
  2. ^ Crockfords
  3. ^ 'The Church of England Magazine, Volume 2 (Jan to July 1837)' p15: London, James Burns, 1837
  4. ^ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M p 316: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  5. ^ Obituary. The Times (London, England), Monday, 29 January 1883; pg. 7; Issue 30729.