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Charles Venn Pilcher (known as Venn; 4 June 1879 – 4 July 1961) was an Anglican bishop and author.[1][2]
Pilcher was born in Oxford and educated at Charterhouse School and Hertford College, Oxford.[3] and ordained in 1903. He was curate of St Thomas’ Birmingham and then domestic chaplain to Handley Moule the Bishop of Durham.[4] He was a professor of the New Testament at Wycliffe College at the University of Toronto and later of the Old Testament. He was canon precentor at the Cathedral Church of St James, Toronto from 1931 to 1936 when he became a lecturer in church history at Moore Theological College, Sydney. He was a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Sydney[5] from his arrival in Sydney until his death.[6]
References
- ^ Open Library
- ^ Amongst others he wrote “The Hereafter in Jewish and Christian Thought”, 1937; “ Life in Christ—The Teaching of the Prayer Book for Confirmed Members of the Church of England”, 1945. “That I may know Him—Thoughts on the Holy Communion”, 1947; “The Conduct of Public Worship”, 1948; “Icelandic Christian Classics”, 1949; and “St Paul’s Epistle to the Romans, translated in Paraphrase”, 1951 > British Library website accessed 12:58 GMT 16 February 2011
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ ”Bishop Charles Venn Pilcher, D.D.: a biographical study” Laserson, M: Paddington [NSW], A. K. Murray & Co, 1949
- ^ Hymnary
- ^ The Times, 6 July 1961; pg. 25; Issue 55126; col A The Right Rev. C. V. Pilcher
Assistant bishops of Sydney Pre-Regions Gerard D'Arcy-Irvine • Sydney Kirkby • Venn Pilcher • William Hilliard • Clive Kerle • Marcus Loane • Goodwin Hudson • Frank Hulme-Moir • Jack Dain
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