Jabez Whitley Explained

The Right Reverend Jabez Cornelius Whitley (20 January 1837 – 13 October 1904) was an Anglican author and a bishop in India from 1890 until 1904.^[1]

He was born in London on 20 January 1837^[2] and educated at Queens' College, Cambridge and ordained in 1861.^[3] He was an SPG Missionary in Delhi and then Ranchi before his elevation to the episcopate^[4] as the inaugural Bishop of Chota Nagpur.^[5] He died on 13 October 1904.^[6]

Works

• Primer of the Mundari Language, 1896
• Hindi Catechisms, 1897
• Translation of the Didache and the Epistles of St Ignatius, 1899

Notes and References

1. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]
2. http://justus.anglican.org/resources/bcp/Muss-Arnolt/part4a.htm Justus
3. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
4. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=059-iorlpj_1-8&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives
5. http://anglicanhistory.org/india/chatterton1924/21.html Project Canterbury
6. Obituary The Bishop Of Chota Nagpur The Times Wednesday, 19 October 1904; pg. 4; Issue 37529; col D