Roger Wilson (bishop)

Roger Plumpton Wilson KCVO (3 August 1905 – 1 March 2002) was Bishop of Wakefield^[1]^[2] and later Chichester^[3] in the mid 20th century.

Born into an ecclesiastical family,^[4] he was educated at Winchester College and Keble College, Oxford, and ordained in 1936.^[5] After curacies at St Paul’s, Princes Park, Liverpool, and St John's, Smith Square, he was vicar of South Shore, Blackpool, and archdeacon of Nottingham before his elevation to the episcopate.

He taught classics at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa for a period.^[6] He was Clerk of the Closet from 1963 to 1975.

Notes

↑ The Times, Tuesday, Apr 26, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51365; col C Consecration of the Bishop of Wakefield
↑ Diocesan web site
↑ Bishop Of Chichester Nominated Choice Of Dr. R. P. Wilson The Times Tuesday, Nov 26, 1957; pg. 10; Issue 54008; col D
↑ His father was The Rev. Canon Clifford Plumpton Wilson > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
↑ Michael De-la-Noy (4 March 2002). "Obituary: The Rt Rev Roger Wilson". the Guardian. Retrieved 2016-03-15.

External links

Portraits of Roger Wilson at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Church of England titles
Preceded by Henry McGowan	Bishop of Wakefield 1949 – 1958	Succeeded by John Alexander Ramsbotham
Preceded by George Kennedy Allen Bell	Bishop of Chichester 1958 – 1974	Succeeded by Eric Waldram Kemp

Bishops of Chichester
Bishops of Selsey	Wilfrid Eadberht Eolla Sigeferth Aluberht Oswald Gislhere Tota Wihthun Æthelwulf Cynered Guthheard Wighelm Beornheah Wulfhun Guthheard Ælfred Daniel Brihthelm Eadhelm Æthelgar Ordbriht Ælfmær Æthelric I Grimketel Heca Æthelric II Stigand See translated
High Medieval	Stigand of Selsey Godfrey Ralph de Luffa Seffrid Hilary John of Greenford Seffrid Simon of Wells Nicholas de Aquila Richard Poore Ranulf of Wareham Ralph Neville Robert Passelewe Richard de la Wich John Climping Stephen Bersted Gilbert of St Leonard
Late Medieval	John Langton Robert de Stratford William Lenn William Reade Thomas Rushhook Richard Mitford Robert Waldby Robert Reed Stephen Patrington Henry Ware John Kemp Thomas Polton John Rickingale Thomas Brunce Simon Sydenham Richard Praty Adam Moleyns Reginald Pecock John Arundel Edward Story Richard FitzJames
Early modern	Robert Sherborne Richard Sampson George Day John Scory George Day John Christopherson William Barlow Richard Curteys Thomas Bickley Anthony Watson Lancelot Andrewes Samuel Harsnett George Carleton Richard Montagu Brian Duppa Henry King Peter Gunning Ralph Brideoake Guy Carleton John Lake Simon Patrick Robert Grove John Williams Thomas Manningham Thomas Bowers Edward Waddington Francis Hare Matthias Mawson Sir William Ashburnham
Late modern	John Buckner Robert Carr Edward Maltby William Otter Philip Shuttleworth Ashurst Gilbert Richard Durnford Ernest Wilberforce Charles Ridgeway Winfrid Burrows George Bell Roger Wilson Eric Kemp John Hind Martin Warner

Bishops of Wakefield
Walsham How Rodney Eden James Seaton Campbell Hone Henry McGowan Roger Wilson John Ramsbotham Eric Treacy Colin James David Hope Nigel McCulloch Stephen Platten
for the Leeds diocese area bishops, see Bishop of Wakefield

Archdeacons of Nottingham
Late modern	John Eyre William Barrow George Wilkins Henry Mackenzie Brough Maltby John Richardson Herbert Wild William Conybeare Herbert Turner Roger Wilson John Phillips Michael Brown Robert Williamson Clive Handford Tom Walker Gordon Ogilvie Peter Hill Sarah Clark

Clerks of the Closet
Since 1900	William Boyd Carpenter Hubert Burge Thomas Strong Cyril Garbett Percy Herbert Roger Wilson Gordon Fallows John Bickersteth John Waine Jonathan Bailey Christopher Hill James Newcome
19th century	William Jackson George Pelham Robert James Carr Edward Stanley John Graham Henry Philpott Randall Davidson
18th century	William Graham Samuel Pratt Charles Trimnell Richard Willis Henry Egerton Joseph Butler John Gilbert John Thomas William Buller Richard Hurd
17th century	Richard Neile William Juxon Matthew Wren Richard Steward Gilbert Sheldon John Earle John Dolben Walter Blandford Hon. Nathaniel Crew Thomas Sprat Sir Edward Petre John Tillotson Thomas Burnet Hon. John Montagu

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