Robert Mortimer
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Robert Cecil Mortimer (6 December 1902 - 11 September 1976[1] was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England.[2]
Mortimer was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford[3] and Keble College in the same city. He was ordained in 1927 and was a curate at St Mary's Redcliffe, Bristol.[4] He then became a lecturer in canon law and then the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology[5] at the University of Oxford before his ordination to the episcopate as the Bishop of Exeter in 1949.[6][7] He held this position for 24 years.
Mortimer was also a notable author.[8] He had four children, one of whom is the journalist and author Edward Mortimer.
References
- ↑ "Obituary: The Right Rev Robert Mortimer Former Bishop of Exeter", The Times, 13 September 1976, p16.)
- ↑ "New Bishop of Exeter", The Times, 11 February 1949, p4.
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ Church Web Site
- ↑ "University News", The Times, 11 February 1944, p7.
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ Genuki
- ↑ Among other books he wrote Gambling (1933), Origins of Private Penance (1939), The Elements of Moral Theology (1947), Marriage in Church and State (1947), Christian Ethics (1950), The Duties of a Churchman (1951) and Western Canon Law (1953).
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| Preceded by Charles Edward Curzon |
Bishop of Exeter 1949 – 1973 |
Succeeded by Eric Arthur John Mercer |
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