Cyril Golding-Bird

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Cyril Henry Golding-Bird was an Anglican bishop in the early decades of the 20th century.

He was born on 18 September 1876 and educated at Merchant Taylors' and Lincoln College, Oxford.^[1] Ordained in 1897^[2] he was initially a Curate at All Saint’s Margaret Street^[3] and then a missionary priest in South Africa.

After a spell as Vicar of St Barnabas', Dover, he then began a long period of service overseas: first as Dean of the Falkland Islands; then a similar post in Newcastle, New South Wales following which he was ordained to the episcopate as Bishop of Kalgoorlie.

Translated to Bishop of Mauritius in 1919, he returned to England eleven years after to become an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Guildford^[4] and continued to serve the Church as Archdeacon of Dorking then Surrey until his death on 9 April 1955.^[5]

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Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Kalgoorlie 1914– 1919	Succeeded by William Edward Elsey
Preceded by Francis Ambrose Gregory	Bishop of Mauritius 1919 – 1930	Succeeded by Hugh Van Lynden Otter-Barry

References

1. ^ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
2. ^ Ordinations. Canterbury. The Times Wednesday, Dec 22, 1897; pg. 3; Issue 35393; col C
3. ^ Parish web-site
4. ^ Ecclesiastical News An Assistant Bishop For Guildford The Times Tuesday, Mar 18, 1930; pg. 21; Issue 45464; col E
5. ^ Obituary- Bishop Goldingbird Father In God At Home And Abroad The Times Friday, Apr 22, 1955; pg. 15; Issue 53201; col C

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Name	Golding-Bird, Cyril Henry
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Date of birth	1876
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Date of death	1955
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