John Mitchinson (bishop)

The Rt Rev John Mitchinson, DD  was a  Bishop of Barbados who later served as Master of Pembroke College, Oxford.
 He was born in Durham on  23 September 1833 and educated at Durham School and Pembroke College, Oxford^[1]. He was an Assistant Master at Merchant Taylors’ then Headmaster of The King's School, Canterbury from 1859 to 1873. Ordained in 1860 he became Bishop of Barbados and the Windward Islands in 1873,^[2] holding the post for 8 years. From 1891 to 1899 he was Rector of Sibstone,^[3] then Archdeacon of Leicester, 1886–99. In that year he returned to his former college where he remained until his death on 25 September 1918 ^[4]

Notes and references

^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
^ Barbados-Anglican
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^ The Times, Thursday, Sep 26, 1918; pg. 9; Issue 41905; col C Death Of Bishop Mitchinson.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Thomas Parry	Bishop of Barbados 1873–1881	Succeeded by Herbert Bree

Bishops of Barbados

William Coleridge • Thomas Parry • John Mitchinson • Herbert Bree • Proctor Swaby • Alfred Berkeley • David Bentley • James Hughes • Gay Mandeville • Lewis Evans • Drexel Gomez • Rufus Brome • John Holder

Church in the Province of the West Indies

Anglican Diocese of the Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands • Anglican Diocese of Barbados • Anglican Diocese of Belize • Anglican Diocese of Guyana • Anglican Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands • Anglican Diocese of North East Caribbean and Aruba • Anglican Diocese ofTrinidad and Tobago • Anglican Diocese of Windward Islands •

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Name	Mitchinson, John
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Date of birth	1833
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Date of death	1918
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