Alfred Blomfield
Alfred Blomfield | |
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| Bishop of Colchester | |
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| Diocese | Diocese of St Albans |
| In office | 1882–1894 |
| Successor | Henry Johnson |
| Other post(s) | Archdeacon of Essex (1878–1882) Archdeacon of Colchester (1882–1894) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1858 (priest) |
| Consecration | 1882 by Archibald Tait |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 31 August 1833 Fulham, Middlesex, England |
| Died | 5 November 1894 (aged 61) Brentwood, Essex, England |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford All Souls College, Oxford |
Alfred Blomfield[1] (31 August 1833[2] – 5 November 1894)[3][4] was an Anglican bishop[5] in the last decades of the 19th century.
Alfred was the son of Charles James Blomfield, Bishop of London,[6] and brother of architect Arthur Blomfield and children’s writer Lucy Elizabeth Bather. He was educated at Harrow and Balliol College, Oxford before being awarded a Fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford, where he gained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1855 and his Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon) in 1857.[2] From 1857, he was a Curate at Kidderminster, then its Vicar,[7] having been ordained priest in 1858[2] (and presumably deacon the previous year).
After this, he held further incumbencies in Stepney, Islington, and Barking, before becoming Archdeacon of Essex in the Diocese of St Albans (1878–1882).[7] From there he moved to become Archdeacon of Colchester in the same diocese, and at the same time the first Bishop of Colchester (a suffragan bishop) in over 200 years, for twelve years[8] until 1894. He was ordained (consecrated) a bishop (on which day he took up the See of Colchester) by Archibald Tait, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 24 June 1882 at St Albans Cathedral.[2] He died in post, in Brentwood, Essex;[3] he had become a Doctor of Divinity honoris causa (DD) by his university days prior to his consecration.[2]
References[]
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- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e WikiSource: Men of the Time, eleventh edition — Blomfield, Alfred (Accessed 29 December 2016)
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Clerical obituary". Church Times (#1660). 16 November 1894. p. 1226. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 December 2016 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ Obituary- The Bishop Of Colchester The Times, Tuesday, 6 November 1894; p. 10; Issue 34414; col. C.
- ^ ”Church History in Queen Victoria's Reign” Fowler, M: Whitefish Kessinger Publishing, 2005 ISBN 1-4179-7356-0
- ^ “A memoir of Charles James Blomfield” Blomfield, A: London, B. Fellowes, 1863
- ^ Jump up to: a b "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Jan 03, 1894; pg. 3; Issue 34464; col G Ecclesiastical Intelligence — New Bishop of Colchester
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