David Dunlop (bishop)

The Very Rev. David Colin Dunlop (1897–1968)[1] was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the middle third of the 20th century. Educated at Radley[2] and New College, Oxford, he was ordained after wartime service with The Buffs in 1922. His first post was as a Curate at St Mary, Primrose Hill,[3] after which he became Chaplain to the Bishop of Chichester. Appointed Vicar of St Thomas Hove and then Henfield, in 1944 he became Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh before elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Jarrow five years later.[4] In 1949 he became Dean of Lincoln, a post he held until he retired in 1964. In 1955 he was appointed the first chairman of the Liturgical Commission of the Church of England.

Notes

  1. ^ Deaths The Rt Rev D.C. Dunlop The Times Thursday, Mar 07, 1968; pg. 10; Issue 57194; col C)
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  3. ^ Parish web site
  4. ^ Ecclesiastical News Bishop Suffragan Of Jarrow The Times Friday, Feb 11, 1944; pg. 7; Issue 49777; col C
Religious titles
Preceded by
Ernest Denny Logie Danson
Provost of St Mary’s Cathedral, Edinburgh
1940 –1944
Succeeded by
Ivor Erskine St Clair Ramsay
Preceded by
Leslie Owen
Bishop of Jarrow
1944 – 1949
Succeeded by
John Alexander Ramsbotham
Preceded by
Robert Andrew Mitchell
Dean of Lincoln
1949 – 1964
Succeeded by
Michael David Saville Peck