Exiled Exeter Bishop Phillpotts and Gorham Controversy
A 1850 episode linked to the Gorham living dispute shows Archbishop Sumner acting under Privy Council orders while Bishop Phillpotts denounced him as a foe of Catholic communion. The Exeter see, Devon and Cornwall region, endured lengthy debates as Phillpotts’ long tenure ended with his 1863 withdrawal from public affairs.
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Exeter
H.e
Karl Grey
Lord Brougham
Phillpotts
Earl Grey
Cornwell
Cornwall
Totnes
Barnstaple
W. J. Philpotts
Various Clergy Moves and Ecclesiastical News From Britain
The piece reports on multiple church and public affairs including the late Bishop of Salisbury’s sworn wealth, improving health of the Bishop of Carlisle, Bishop Twells resigning to Cape Town, and ordination of the Bishop of Lichfield in Lichfield Cathedral. It notes ritualist Rev E Husband’s reception into Rome, farewell to Canon Garnier, cathedral reform proposals, and various items on Anglican and Free Church matters, including education bills and parish patronage.
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Kempe
St. James’s
Piccadilly
Ipplepen
Torquay
Gladstone
Exeter
George Bowyer
George
Phillpotts
Salisbury
Carlisle
Twells
Natal
Capetown
Lichfield
Wellington
New Zealand
E. Husband
Atherstone
Warwickshire
Rome
Father Newman
Birmingham
Thomas Garnier
D.C.L
Winchester
Bishopstoke
Tran Alrorp
Dean Alford
Sterney
R. Lee
London
Pulsford
Glasgow
Kirn
James Hay
Hannah
Edinburgh
Dunoon
Hay
Veelockepes
Methodist Recorder
New English Congregational Church Opens in Swansea
The new Congregational Church in the Fynone area of Swansea opened August 26 with a crowded service. Architect H J Paull oversaw a Gothic design for a chapel seating 1,000, part of a complex costing 5 000 to 6 000 with 2 200 already raised. Notables including M P EK M Richards attended. Dr Rees and Rev Thomas Jones spoke on English worship amid Wales Anglicanisation.
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Swansea Herald
Fynone
Swansea
H. J. Paull
Messrs. Paull and Robinson
Manchester
E. Griffith
Rees
J. Thomas
Thomas Jones
London
W. Cuthbertson
EK. M. Richards
M.P
Rexs
Wales
South Wales
Monmouthshire
Glamorganshire
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Watkin Williams
Wrexham
St. Albans
Redbourne
G. Godfrey
Hinckley
Leicestershire
Free Church
Coupar Angus
Perthshire
Tre Scotex Education
Educational Institute of Scotland
Donaldson
Edinburgh High School
Lord Advocate
House of Commons
House of Lords
Free Church Teachers’ Association
Hertford
Bourchier
Hertfordshire
Sworder
Poor-law Board
Wheeler
NEW Congregational Church
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