Henry Woollcombe

Henry St John Stirling Woollcombe^[1] (27 December 1869 – 1 December 1941) was the inaugural Bishop of Whitby from 1923^[2] until 1939; and also of Selby. Born into a clerical family,^[3] he was educated at Clifton College and Keble College, Oxford before being ordained in 1895. After a curacy in Stepney he became head of the Oxford House University Settlement in nearby Bethnal Green. A brief spell as chaplain to the Archbishop of York was followed by a decade as the parish priest of Armley. Promotion to be the Sub Dean of Diocese of Coventry in 1922 was swiftly followed by elevation to the episcopate.^[4] After 16 years at Whitby he made a sideways move to become Bishop of Selby- a post he held only for 18 months.^[5] His Times obituary noted his capacity for "getting on with and getting the best out of all conditions of men.^[6]

Notes

^ Genealogical Progency
^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
^ His nephew was later Bishop of Oxford
^ The Times, Saturday, 4 August 1923; p. 9; Issue 43411; col A "Canon Woollcombe, Sub Dean of St Michael’s Cathedral Church, Coventry to be inaugural Bishop of Whitby"
^ The Times, Friday, 21 June 1940; p. 9; Issue 48648; col D "Ecclesiastical News The Bishop Of Selby Resigning."
^ The Times, Tuesday, 2 December 1941; p. 7; Issue 49098; col E "Dr H Woollcombe, late Bishop of Selby"

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Whitby 1923 – 1939	Succeeded by Harold Evelyn Hubbard
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Selby 1939 – 1940	Succeeded by Carey Frederick Knyvett

Bishops of Whitby

Henry Woollcombe · Harold Hubbard · Walter Baddeley · Philip Wheeldon · George Snow · John Yates · Clifford Barker · Gordon Bates · Robert Ladds · Martin Warner

Bishops of Selby

Henry Woollcombe • Carey Knyvett • Douglas Sargent • Morris Maddocks • Clifford Barker • Humphrey Taylor • Martin Wallace

Persondata
Name	Woollcombe, Henry St John Stirling Woollcombe
Alternative names
Short description	Anglican bishop
Date of birth	27 December 1869
Place of birth
Date of death	1 December 1941
Place of death