Eyre Chatterton

The Right Reverend Eyre Chatterton, DD, FRGS (1863–1950) was an eminent Anglican author who served as a Bishop in India from 1903 to 1926.

He was born in Monkstown, County Cork on 22 July 1863 and educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Dublin.^[1] He was ordained by Bishop Lightfoot in 1887,^[2] and began his career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, Stockton-on-Tees.^[3] He was Head of the Dublin University Mission to Chhöta Nagpur from 1891 to 1900 when he returned briefly to England to be Curate of St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey. In 1902 it was announced he would become the inaugural Bishop of Nagpur,^[4] a post he held for 23 years. He died on 8 December 1950.^[5]

Works

The Story of Fifty Years’ Mission Work in Chhöta Nagpur, 1913
With the Troops in Mesopotamia, 1916
History of the Church of England in India since the Early Days of the East India Company, 1924
The Church’s Youngest Daughter; India Through a Bishop’s Diary, 1935
Alex Wood, Bishop of Nagpur, A Memoir, 1939
The Anglican Church in India, 1946

^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^ Parish web-site
^ New Bishopric Of Nagpur The Times Monday, Dec 01, 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36939; col C
^ Obituary Bishop Eyre Chatterton The Times Monday, Dec 11, 1950; pg. 4; Issue 51871; col E

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Nagpur 1903– 1926	Succeeded by Alexander Wood

Bishops of Nagpur

Eyre Chatterton • Alex Wood • Alexander Ogilvy Hardy • George Sinker • Sadanand Appaji Pathak • John William Sadiq • Ramchandra Shivappa Bhandare • Vinod Peter • Premkumar Dhotekar • Paul Dupare •

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