Cyril Forster Garbett

Cyril Forster Garbett GCVO PC (born February 6, 1875 in Tongham, Surrey , † December 31, 1955 in York ) was Bishop of Southwark from 1919 to 1932 , Bishop of Winchester from 1932 to 1943 and Archbishop of York from 1942 to 1955 and metropolitan from England.

Early years

Cyril Forster Garbett was the eldest son of the Reverend Charles Garbett, the vicar of Tongham, a small town in Surrey. He received his education from 1886 to 1894 at the Grammar School in Portsmouth , to then enroll at Keble College in Oxford . A little later he studied theology at Cuddesdon College and was ordained a deacon in 1899 and a priest in 1901.

career

From 1899 to 1909 he was a parish administrator and then until 1919 pastor in Portsea . In 1919 he was named Bishop of Southwark and in 1932 Bishop of Winchester . During the early World War II, he became known for his orthodox and straightforward theology, which earned him recognition both inside and outside the Church. In 1942 King George VI appointed Cyril Forster Garbett as Archbishop of York.

He took his job very seriously. It became famous as the Wandering Bishop , as he traversed his entire diocese dressed in a purple cassock and with his shepherd's staff as a walking stick, taking a lot of time for his clergy and the people. He was respected on all sides, as he also performed his duties more than usual in the House of Lords . His view of the English Church was that of a large English section of the Catholic Church with its long tradition, glorious liturgy and school tradition. He wanted to build a people's church that could endure throughout the English Commonwealth. Ecumenism was very important to him, so the Anglican and Greek Orthodoxy came closer together. As in his diocese, he wandered or traveled around the world. From 1943 to 1945 he traveled to Russia, the USA, Canada, Italy, Greece and Malta. 1946 Abyssinia, 1946 to Yugoslavia, 1947 to Australia and the Pacific, 1951 to British West India and 1953 to Palestine, Cyprus and Greece.

As Metropolitan of England he took an active part in the coronation ceremony for the young Queen Elizabeth II on June 2, 1953 in Westminster.

Last year of life

On his birthday in 1955, Cyril Forster Garbett, exhausted, announced his resignation. The now Lord Garbett of Tongham, ennobled by the Queen, underwent a necessary operation and lived in a nursing home in York until his death . The funeral service took place on January 4, 1956.

Web links

• Newspaper article about Cyril Forster Garbett in the 20th century press kit of the ZBW - Leibniz Information Center for Economics .

predecessor	Office	successor
Hubert Burge	Bishop of Southwark 1919–1932	Richard Parsons
Frank Theodore Woods	Bishop of Winchester 1932–1942	Mervyn George Haigh
William Temple	Archbishop of York 1942–1955	Arthur Michael Ramsey