Anthony Mitchell (bishop)

Anthony Mitchell (1868-1917) was bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1912 to 1917.

He was consecrated in 1892, after studying at Aberdeen University, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Edinburgh University and the Episcopal Theological College.^[1] In 1905 he became canon of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, and was appointed Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in 1912, a post he held until his death. In addition to his clerical work, he was a respected ecclesiastical historian.

References

Obituary: p. 155, The Annual Register: a review of public events at home and abroad, for the year 1917. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1918.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Rowland Ellis	Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney 1912–1917	Succeeded by Frederic Deane

Bishops of Aberdeen and Orkney

Thomas Suther • Arthur Douglas • Rowland Ellis • Anthony Mitchell • Frederic Deane • Herbert Hall • Frederick Easson • Ian Begg • Frederick Darwent • Bruce Cameron • Robert Gillies

Persondata
Name	Mitchell, Anthony
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
Date of birth	1868
Place of birth
Date of death	1917
Place of death