Richard Parsons (bishop)

For other people named Richard Parsons, see Richard Parsons (disambiguation).

Richard Godfrey Parsons was an Anglican bishop who served in three dioceses during the first half of the 20th century and a renowned liberal scholar.^[1]

Parsonshe was born into a Lancashire family ^[2] on 12 November 1882 and educated at Durham School and Magdalen College, Oxford.^[3] Ordained priest in 1907 he was a curate at Hampstead before four years as Chaplain at University College, Oxford.^[4] Principal of Wells Theological College from 1911-16 he was then appointed a chaplain to the forces before two Lancashire incumbencies. Ideally suited to pastoral work he became Bishop of Middleton, a Suffragan appointment in 1927. During this period he was one of several clerics who made a major contribution to the revision of the Book of Common Prayer. A man with much sympathy to the poor^[5] he enjoyed his time at the See of Southwark (1932–41) before translation to Hereford.^[6] A devoted family man, he married Dorothy Streeter in 1912. His son died in the Siege of Tobruk and he died himself on 26 December 1948.

Notes

↑ The Times, Tuesday, Dec 28, 1948; pg. 7; Issue 51264; col E Bishop Of Hereford A Liberal Scholar
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Rawlinson, A. E. J.; rev. Marc Brodie. "Parsons, Richard Godfrey (1882–1948)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004). Retrieved 6 November 2009. ...born at Pendleton, Lancashire, on 12 November 1882, the only son of William Parsons, merchant, of Calcutta, who became secretary of the Bengal Chamber of Commerce, and his wife, Bertha Best, of Thetford, Norfolk. Educated at Durham School (1895–1901), he became in 1901 a demy of Magdalen College, Oxford, obtaining in 1903 a second class in honour moderations and in 1905 and 1906 first-class honours in literae humaniores and theology, and being elected to a Liddon studentship. Postgraduate work in Germany was followed by residence at the deanery, Westminster, as the pupil of the dean, J. Armitage Robinson, and at Cuddesdon College.
↑ Many years later he was appointed a Fellow of the College
↑ Times Obit-Tuesday, Dec 28, 1948 (Ibid)
↑ The Times, Friday, Sep 05, 1941; p. 7, Four Episcopal Appointments New Bishop of Hereford

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Middleton 1927 – 1932	Succeeded by Cecil Wilfred Wilson
Preceded by Cyril Forster Garbett	Bishop of Southwark 1932 – 1941	Succeeded by Bertram Fitzgerald Simpson
Preceded by Charles Lisle Carr	Bishop of Hereford 1942 – 1948	Succeeded by Tom Longworth

Bishops of Middleton

Richard Parsons Cecil Wilson Arthur Alston Edward Mowll Frank Woods Robert Nelson Ted Wickham Donald Tytler Stephen Venner Michael Lewis Mark Davies

Anglican Bishops of Southwark

Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs (suffragan) Edward Talbot Hubert Burge Cyril Garbett Richard Parsons Bertram Simpson Mervyn Stockwood Ronnie Bowlby Roy Williamson Tom Butler Christopher Chessun

Bishops of Hereford

Early Medieval	Putta Tyrhtel Torhthere Walhstod Cuthbert of Canterbury Podda Acca Headda Aldberht Esne Ceolmund Utel Wulfheard Beonna Eadwulf Cuthwulf Mucel Deorlaf Cynemund Edgar Tidhelm Wulfhelm Ælfric Athulf

High Medieval	Æthelstan Leofgar Ealdred Walter of Lorraine Robert de Losinga Gerard Roger Reynelm Geoffrey de Clive Richard de Capella Robert de Bethune Gilbert Foliot Robert of Melun Robert Foliot William de Vere Giles de Braose Hugh de Mapenor Hugh Foliot Ralph de Maidstone Michael Peter of Aigueblanche John de Breton Thomas de Cantilupe Richard Swinefield

Late Medieval	Adam Orleton Thomas Charleton John Trilleck Lewis de Charleton William Courtenay John Gilbert Thomas Trevenant Robert Mascall Edmund Lacey Thomas Polton Thomas Spofford Richard Beauchamp Reginald Boulers John Stanberry Thomas Mylling Edmund Audley

Early modern	Adriano Castellesi Richard Mayew Charles Booth Edward Foxe Edmund Bonner John Skypp John Harley Robert Parfew Thomas Reynolds John Scory Herbert Westfaling Robert Bennet Francis Godwin William Juxon Godfrey Goodman Augustine Lindsell Matthew Wren Theophilus Feild George Coke Nicholas Monck Herbert Croft Gilbert Ironside Humphrey Humphreys Philip Bisse Benjamin Hoadly Hon Henry Egerton Lord James Beauclerk Hon John Harley John Butler

Late modern	Folliott Cornewall John Luxmoore George Huntingford Hon Edward Grey Thomas Musgrave Renn Hampden James Atlay John Percival Hensley Henson Linton Smith Charles Carre Richard Parsons Tom Longworth Mark Hodson John Eastaugh John Oliver Anthony Priddis Alistair Magowan (acting) Richard Frith (bishop-elect)

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