The Rt. Rev. Winfrid Oldfield Burrows, DD[1] (9 November 1858 – 13 February 1929 was the Bishop of Truro[2] and later Chichester[3] in the first third of the 20th century. Born into an ecclesiastical family,[4] he was educated at Eton and Corpus Christi College, Oxford and ordained in 1888.[5] Appointed a Tutor at Christ Church, Oxford in 1883[6] he was later Principal of the Leeds Clergy School[7] and after that Vicar of Holy Trinity in the same city. Promoted to be Archdeacon of Birmingham in 1904 four years later he turned down the post of Archbishop of Cape Town[8] before accepting the Truro See in 1912. In a strange twist of fate William Champion Streatfeild,[9] his Suffragan at the time of his death, died three days after him.[10]
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Charles William Stubbs |
Bishop of Truro 1912 – 1919 |
Succeeded by Frederic Sumpter Guy Warman |
| Preceded by Charles John Ridgeway |
Bishop of Chichester 1919 – 1929 |
Succeeded by George Kennedy Allen Bell |