John Turner (bishop)

John Matthias Turner was an eminent Anglican priest [1] in the first half of the 19th century.[2]

Having proceeded Oxford Master of Arts (MA Oxon),[3] he became Vicar of Abingdon[4] then Rector of Winslow[5] before being appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Calcutta in 1829. He died in post in the summer of 1831 and was interred on 8 July;[6] he had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD)[7]

References

  1. The Times, Saturday, 3 Apr 1880; pg. 9; Issue 29846; col G The Late Bishop Milman
  2. Anglican History
  3. The Derby Mercury (Derby, England), Thursday, 17 May 1804; Issue 3762
  4. The Morning Post(London, England), Monday, 14 April 1823; Issue 16249. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  5. The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk and Norfolk Telegraph, Essex, Cambridge, & Ely Intelligencer (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, 25 February 1829; Issue 2435. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  6. Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries . The Sheffield Independent, and Yorkshire and Derbyshire Advertiser (Sheffield, England), Saturday,1831; Issue 554. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II
  7. The Times, Monday, 23 Feb 1829; pg. 2; Issue 13845; col F Oxford University Intelligence
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Thomas James
Bishop of Calcutta
1829–1831
Succeeded by
Daniel Wilson
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