John Sheepshanks (Bishop)

John Sheepshanks (born February 23, 1834 in London , † June 13, 1912 in Norwich ) was a British clergyman and Bishop of Norwich .

Life

Born the son of a pastor, Sheepshanks received his education at Coventry Grammar School . This is followed by a study completed at Christ's College of Cambridge University , where he in 1856 the Bachelor of Arts and in 1859 the Master of Arts was awarded. Ordained to deacon in 1857, he received the following year ordination . Between 1857 and 1859 he was the curate of St. Peter's Church in Leeds . He then became a pastor in New Westminster and chaplain to George Hills , Bishop of British Columbia . From 1868 to 1873 he was vicar in Bilton , Yorkshire and then in Liverpool . In 1893 he was made Bishop of Norwich. He resigned from this office in 1910. Sheepshanks married Margaret Ryott on April 26, 1870. He had seventeen children with her, including Richard Wilberforce's mother , Baron Wilberforce .

Publications (selection)

• Confirmation and unction of the sick. An historical account of the rites with practical hints on confirmation . London 1889, OCLC 57297052 .
• My life in Mongolia and Siberia from the Great Wall of China to the Ural Mountains . Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge, London 1903, OCLC 2234263 .
• A bishop in the rough . Smith, Elder & Co., London 1909, OCLC 34326067 .

literature

• Sheepshanks, John . In: John Archibald Venn (Ed.): Alumni Cantabrigienses . A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900. Part 2: From 1752 to 1900 , Volume 5 : Pace – Spyers . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 1953, pp. 486 ( venn.lib.cam.ac.uk Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).