Harry Carpenter (bishop)

Harry James Carpenter (1901–1993) was an English bishop and theologian. He was Warden of Keble College, Oxford (1939–1955) and then 37th Bishop of Oxford (1955–1970).

He married Urith Monica Trevelyan, a teacher, and their son was the broadcaster and biographer Humphrey Carpenter.

From 1962 to 1970 he lived in the village of Cuddesdon, where there had historically been a bishop's palace, but his successors found this impractical and in 1978 the bishops reverted to living within the city.^[1] He initiated the ecumenical discussions which eventually resulted in the building of the Church of Christ the Cornerstone in Milton Keynes.

There is a parish school named after Bishop Carpenter in the Oxfordshire village of North Newington.

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^ New home is 'no palace' | the Door

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Preceded by Kenneth E. Kirk	Bishop of Oxford 1955–1970	Succeeded by Kenneth John Woollcombe

Bishops of Oxford

Early modern	Robert King Thomas Goldwell Hugh Curwen John Underhill John Bridges John Howson Richard Corbet John Bancroft Robert Skinner William Paul Walter Blandford The Lord Crew Henry Compton John Fell Samuel Parker Timothy Hall John Hough William Talbot John Potter Thomas Secker John Hume Robert Lowth John Butler Edward Smallwell John Randolph

Late modern	Charles Moss William Jackson Edward Legge Charles Lloyd Richard Bagot Samuel Wilberforce John Mackarness William Stubbs Francis Paget Charles Gore Hubert Burge Thomas Strong Kenneth Kirk Harry Carpenter Kenneth Woollcombe Patrick Rodger Richard Harries John Pritchard

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Name	Carpenter, Henry J
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Date of birth	1901
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Date of death	1993
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