Thomas Chapman (bishop) explained

Thomas Alfred Chapman (1867–1949^[1]) was an Anglican bishop^[2] in the first half of the twentieth century.^[3]

Life

Educated at Exeter College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1890^[4] and began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate at Charles Church, Plymouth. After this he was Vicar of St John, Carlisle^[5] and then Rural Dean of East Bristol.^[6] In 1899 he returned to Charles^[7] to be Rural Dean of the Three Towns and then a decade later became Rural Dean of St Peter's, Bolton^[8] before an 11-year spell as Bishop of Colchester.^[9]

Notes and References

1. Obituary-Bishop T. A. Chapman Former Suffragan Bishop Of Colchester The Times Thursday, Jun 02, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51397; col E
2. http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='AA/AP/Lang/1-186/117/237-8') Consecration details
3. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]
4. ”The Clergy List” London, John Phillips, 1900
5. http://www.st-johns-carlisle.co.uk/ Church web-site
6. http://www.bristolinformation.co.uk/srch/srchit.asp?list=list&gdoc=rs&howmany=200 Bristol information
7. http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=028-2711&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives detail
8. http://www.boltonparishchurch.co.uk/juneissue_files/page6.htm Incumbency details
9. New Bishop Of Colchester. Canon Chapman Appointed. The Times Thursday, Jun 15, 1922; pg. 10; Issue 43058; col D