Mowbray O'Rorke
The Rt Rev Mowbray Stephen O’Rorke, DD[1] (21 May 1869 - 15 March 1953) [2] was an Anglican bishop in Africa[3] in the first quarter of the 20th century.[4]
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin,[5] O’Rorke was ordained Deacon in 1902 and Priest in 1903.[6] After curacies at St Paul’s, Jarrow, St Margaret’s, Durham, and St Oswald’s, Durham he became Priest in charge of St Paul’s Cathedral, Rockhampton. In 1911 he was elevated to the Episcopate as the second Bishop of Accra.[7] Resigning in 1924 he was Rector of Blakeney, Norfolk, Keeper of the Shrine at Our Lady of Walsingham.[8] and then Chaplain at King's College, Taunton until his retirement in 1939.
References
- ↑ "Dod's peerage, baronetage and knightage of Great Britain and Ireland including all the titled classes" London, Simpkin Marshall Hamilton, 1918
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ↑ History of Adisadel College
- ↑ “Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes” London, Kelly’s 1913
- ↑ Durham Diocesan Records: Ordination papers
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ Ghana Broadcasting Corporation
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| Preceded by Nathaniel Temple Hamlyn |
Bishop of Accra 1913 – 1924 |
Succeeded by John Orfeur Aglionby |
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