Type: | Bishop |
Archibald Cullen | |
Bishop of Grahamstown | |
Church: | Anglican |
Diocese: | Grahamstown |
Term: | 1931-1959 |
Predecessor: | Francis Phelps |
Successor: | Robert Selby Taylor |
Ordination: | 1916 |
Consecration: | 1931 |
Birth Date: | 24 September 1887 |
Previous Post: | Warden of St Paul's Theological College, Grahamstown |
Archibald Howard Cullen (24 September 188716 June 1968) was the sixth Bishop of Grahamstown.[1]
He was born on 24 September 1887 to William and Louisa (née Howard). He was baptized in the Parish of St Jude, Peckham, London on 20 November 1887.[2] His father was a Printer's Reader. Cullen was educated at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys.[3]
Ordained in 1916,[4] his first post was a curacy in Coalbrookdale.[5] During World War I he was a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces (TCF). He was interviewed for a commission in the army chaplaincy in May, 1916.[6] He had served in France with the 1st South African General Hospital.[7] When peace returned he was vicar of Umzinto in the Diocese of Natal,[8] he later became chaplain and lecturer of Wells Theological College and then Vice-Principal of Leeds Clergy School. In 1926 he became warden of St Paul's Theological College, Grahamstown until his appointment to the episcopate[9] in 1931.
He died on 16 June 1968.[10] in South Africa.