Walter Ruthven Pym

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Walter Ruthven Pym was a colonial bishop at the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20th Century. He was born on 22 June 1856 and educated at Bedford Grammar School and Magdalen College, Oxford ^[1]. Ordained in 1881 after a curacy in Lytham he was successively Vicar of Miles Platting, Wentworth and Sharrow before being appointed Rural Dean of Rotherham. In 1898 he ascended to the Episcopate where he developed (according to his Times obituary) a “vigorous and moderate evangelistic style” ^[2]

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Walsh	Bishop of Mauritius 1898 – 1903	Succeeded by Francis Ambrose Gregory
Preceded by James Macarthur	Bishop of Bombay 1903 – 1908	Succeeded by Edwin James Palmer

Notes

1. ^ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
2. ^ Tuesday, Mar 03, 1908; pg. 5; Issue 38584; col E Obituary The Bishop of Bombay

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