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The Right Reverend Eyre Chatterton, DD, FRGS (1863–1950) was an eminent Anglican author who served as a Bishop in India from 1903 to 1926.

He was born in Monkstown, County Cork on 22 July 1863 and educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Dublin.[1] He was ordained by Bishop Lightfoot in 1887,[2] and began his career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, Stockton-on-Tees.[3] He was Head of the Dublin University Mission to Chhöta Nagpur from 1891 to 1900 when he returned briefly to England to be Curate of St Mary Magdalene, Richmond, Surrey. In 1902 it was announced he would become the inaugural Bishop of Nagpur,[4] a post he held for 23 years. He died on 8 December 1950.[5]

Works

  • The Story of Fifty Years’ Mission Work in Chhöta Nagpur, 1913
  • With the Troops in Mesopotamia, 1916
  • History of the Church of England in India since the Early Days of the East India Company, 1924
  • The Church’s Youngest Daughter; India Through a Bishop’s Diary, 1935
  • Alex Wood, Bishop of Nagpur, A Memoir, 1939
  • The Anglican Church in India, 1946

Notes

  1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  3. ^ Parish web-site
  4. ^ New Bishopric Of Nagpur The Times Monday, Dec 01, 1902; pg. 6; Issue 36939; col C
  5. ^ Obituary Bishop Eyre Chatterton The Times Monday, Dec 11, 1950; pg. 4; Issue 51871; col E
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Bishop of Nagpur
1903– 1926
Succeeded by

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