Charles Lisle Carre

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Charles Lisle Carre (September 26, 1871 - May 20, 1942) was an Anglican clergyman who served as the second bishop of the restored see of Coventry in the modern era and the 107th Bishop of Hereford in a long line stretching back to the 7th century.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Career develops 3 Later service 4 Notes

[edit] Early life

He was born on September 26, 1871 in Alnwick, Northumberland and was educated at Liverpool College^[1] and [[St Catharine's, Cambridge^[2](To which college he was elected a Fellow in 1934^[3]). After university he took Holy Orders at Ridley Hall, Cambridge and embarked on a varied clerical career that took him to many urban locations^[4].

[edit] Career develops

• Curate of Astonjuxta-Birmingham, 1894-97
• Curate Redditch, 1897
• Tutor of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, 1897-1902^[5]
• Vicar of St Sepulchre, Cambridge, 1901-02^[6]
• Vicar of Blundellsands, Liverpool^[7]
• 1902-06 Rector of Woolton, Liverpool, 1906-12
• Vicar^[8] of Yarmouth^[9], 1912-20^[10]
• Vicar of Sheffield, 1920-22 ^[11]

[edit] Later service

Such breadth of service lead to his elevation to the See of Coventry in 1922; and translation to the more senior post of Hereford in 1930 ^[12]. He resigned his post in October 1942, dying the following February. His wife was to survive him by 22 years^[13]

Church of England titles
Preceded by Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs	Bishop of Coventry 1922 – 1931	Succeeded by Mervyn George Haigh
Preceded by Martin Linton Smith	Bishop of Hereford 1931 – 1942	Succeeded by Richard Godfrey Parsons

v • d • e Bishops of Coventry in the Modern Era Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs  • Charles Lisle Carre • Mervyn George Haigh • Neville Vincent Gorton • Cuthbert Bardsley  • John Gibbs  • Simon Barrington-Ward  • Colin James Bennetts  • Christopher John Cocksworth  •

v • d • e Bishops of Hereford since 1908 John Percival  • Herbert Hensley Henson • Martin Linton Smith • Charles Lisle Carr • Richard Godfrey Parsons  • Thomas Longworth  • Mark Allin Hodson  • John Richard Gordon Eastaugh  • John Keith Oliver • Anthony Martin Priddis •

[edit] Notes