Anthony Mitchell (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Anthony Mitchell
Honorific Suffix:DD
Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
Church:Scottish Episcopal Church
Elected:1912
Term:1912-1917
Retired:-->
Predecessor:Rowland Ellis
Successor:Frederic Deane
Ordination:1892
Consecration:1912
Birth Date:24 October 1868
Nationality:Scot
Parents:John Mitchell
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Anthony Mitchell (24 October 1868- 17 January 1917) was bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1912 to 1917.

Biography

He was ordained in 1892, after studying at the University of Aberdeen, Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh, and the Episcopal Theological College. In 1905 he became canon of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, and was appointed Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in 1912, a post he held until his death. In addition to his clerical work, he was a respected ecclesiastical historian.

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