Philip William Wheeldon OBE (1913 – 1992) was the fourth Bishop of Whitby,[1] and subsequently twice Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman.[2]
He was educated at Clifton College and Downing College, Cambridge and ordained in 1938. After a Curacy at Farnham[3] he was commissioned as Chaplain to the Forces, Fourth Class on 12 October 1939,[4] and served throughout the Second World War. He was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 24 January 1946,[5] for his service as Deputy Assistant Chaplain General to XII Corps from November 1944 (with the rank of Chaplain to the Forces, Second Class).[6] When peace came he was successively chaplain to the Archbishop of York,[7] General Secretary of the Central Advisory Council on Training for the Ministry and finally Prebendary of Wells Cathedral before elevation to the Episcopate in October 1954.[8] After 7 years at Whitby he was translated to Kimberley and Kuruman. He served twice as Bishop, retiring once through ill-health but returning when his successor Clarence Edward Crowther was deported. In retirement he served as an Assistant Bishop, firstly in the Diocese of Worcester and latterly at Wakefield.
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| Preceded by Walter Hubert Baddeley |
Bishop of Whitby 1954 – 1961 |
Succeeded by George D'Oyly Snow |
| Anglican Communion titles | ||
| Preceded by John Boys |
Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman 1961 – 1965 |
Succeeded by Clarence Edward Crowther |
| Preceded by Clarence Edward Crowther |
Bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman 2nd spell 1968 – 1976 |
Succeeded by Graham Charles Chadwick |
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