Russell Darbyshire

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Life and ministry

He was born in Birkenhead in Cheshire in 1880, the son of Edward and Matilda Darbyshire,[3] and educated at Dulwich College and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.[4] Ordained deacon in 1904 and priest in 1905,[5] his first post was as a Curate at St Andrew the Less, Cambridge[6] after which he was Vice-Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. Later he was Vicar of St Luke, Liverpool then a Canon Residentiary at Manchester Cathedral. From 1922 to 1931[7] he was Archdeacon of Sheffield, his last post before his ordaination to the episcopate as Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway[8]- a post he held until 1938. In that year he was appointed Archbishop of Cape Town.[9]

He was created a sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in 1938.[10]

He visited England to attend the Lambeth Conference in 1948, and died in London on 30 June 1948.[11] He never married.

A set of iron gates were erected in his memory at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town.[12]

Bibliography

  • The Christian Faith and some Alternatives (1921)
  • Our Treasury of Prayer and Praise (1926)
  • Jesus, the Messiah in the Gospels (1933)

Notes

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  1. National Archives
  2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 Template:ISBN
  3. National Archives, 1901 England Census, reference RG 13/650
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  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
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  9. "Archbishop of Cape Town enthroned", The Times, 1 October 1938, p. 11.
  10. London Gazette
  11. "Obituary Archbishop Of Cape Town", The Times, 1 July 1948, p. 6
  12. Cathedral web site

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Church of England titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/checkTemplate:Succession box/check Archdeacon of Sheffield
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Scottish Episcopal Church titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway
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Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town
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