David Say

Richard David Say KCVO ( October 4, 1914 - September 15, 2006 in Wye , Kent ) was a British clergyman of the Church of England , who was Bishop of Rochester for 27 years and a member of the House of Lords for 19 years . As a clergyman, he was particularly committed to the calling of women to priestesses and in 1987 gave 25 women ordination as priestesses in Rochester Cathedral .

Life

Hatfield College priest and principal

After attending the University College School graduated Say to study theology at Christ's College of the University of Cambridge and at the seminary of Ridley Hall College, and received in 1939 the ordination to deacon . He was then curate of the parish church of Croydon between 1939 and 1943 and was ordained a priest during this time in 1940 . At the same time he acted as assistant secretary between 1942 and 1944 and then as general secretary of the youth council of the Church of England from 1944 to 1947. In addition to his work as curate of the London Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields between 1943 and 1950, he was Secretary General of the British Council of Churches from 1947 to 1955 . He was also a delegate of the Church of England to the World Council of Churches in 1948, 1954 and 1961 .

After finishing his work at the British Council of Churches Say was 1955-1961 both Rector of Hatfield College, University of Durham , and at the same time from 1957 to 1961 honorary canon of St Albans Cathedral in Hertfordshire .

Bishop of Rochester and Member of the House of Lords

1961 Say was to succeed Christopher Maude Chavasse the Bishop of Rochester consecrated and this feature has held for 27 years until his replacement by Michael Turnbull 1988. As minister, he sat down in particular for the appointment of women priestesses and gave 1987 in Rochester Cathedral 25 women ordaining priestesses. At the same time he was also a member of the Church Commission between 1961 and 1988 , a body responsible for the administration of the land and real estate of the Church of England.

In 1969 he became one of the 21 longest-serving bishops alongside the five highest bishops of the Church of England as a so-called spiritual lord ( Lord Spiritual ) member of the House of Lords and was also a member until the end of his term as Bishop of Rochester in 1988. At the same time he was Lord High Almoner to the Queen in the household of Queen Elizabeth II from 1970 to 1988, responsible for the distribution of royal alms . Most recently, he was also chairman of the Age Concern charity from 1986 to 1989 .

After completing his tenure as Bishop of Rochester, Say, who became Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order in 1988 and henceforth the suffix "Sir", became Assistant Bishop in the Archdiocese of Canterbury and held this position between 1988 and his death in 2006.

Publications

• Kent Pilgrim (2001)

Web links

• The Right Rev David Say. Popular Bishop of Rochester . In: The Independent of September 19, 2006 (accessed December 8, 2012)
• The Rt Rev David Say . In: The Daily Telegraph, September 20, 2006 (accessed December 8, 2012)

predecessor	Office	successor
Christopher Maude Chavasse	Bishop of Rochester 1961–1988	Michael Turnbull