Anthony Mitchell (bishop)

Anthony Mitchell (1868-1917) was bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1912 to 1917.

He was ordained in 1892, after studying at Aberdeen University, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, Edinburgh University and the Episcopal Theological College.^[1] In 1905 he became canon of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, and was appointed Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in 1912, a post he held until his death. In addition to his clerical work, he was a respected ecclesiastical historian.

References

↑ "Mitchell, Anthony (MTCL889A)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

Obituary: p. 155, The Annual Register: a review of public events at home and abroad, for the year 1917. London: Longmans, Green and Co. 1918.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Rowland Ellis	Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney 1912–1917	Succeeded by Frederic Deane

Bishops of Aberdeen and Orkney
Thomas Suther Arthur Douglas Rowland Ellis Anthony Mitchell Frederic Deane Herbert Hall Frederick Easson Ian Begg Frederick Darwent Bruce Cameron Bob Gillies

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