Daniel Corrie

Daniel Corrie from Rev. Frank Penny's Book 'The Church in Madras, Volume III' (1922)[1]

The Rt Rev Daniel Corrie (1778?–1837) was an English churchman, the inaugural Bishop of Madras.[2]

He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge.[3] He became archdeacon of Calcutta in 1823. He was consecrated bishop in 1835 and died on 5 February 1837.[4] The Times later reported that he had been taken ill at an SPG meeting on 31 January 1837.[5]

Notes

  1. Penny, Frank (1922). The Church in Madras : being the History of the Ecclesiastical and Missionary Action of the East India Company in the Presidency of Madras From 1835 to 1861: Volume III (PDF). London: John Murray. p. frontispiece. Retrieved 10 February 2015.
  2. Eyre Chatterton
  3. "Corrie, Daniel (CRY799D)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. THE LATEST INTELLIGENCE The Bristol Mercury (Bristol, England), Saturday, 24 June 1837; Issue 2470
  5. Friday, 23 June 1837; pg. 4; Issue 16450; col F

Further reading

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Bishop of Madras
1835 1837
Succeeded by
George John Trevor Spencer
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