John Sheepshanks (bishop)

The Right Reverend John Sheepshanks
Bishop of Norwich

Diocese	Diocese of Norwich
In office	1893–1910
Predecessor	John Pelham
Successor	Bertram Pollock
Personal details
Born	(1834-02-23)23 February 1834 Belgravia, London
Died	3 June 1912(1912-06-03) (aged 78)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Education	Coventry Grammar School
Alma mater	Christ's College, Cambridge

John Sheepshanks (23 February 1834 – 3 June 1912) was an English Anglican Bishop in the last decade of the 19th century and the first one of the 20th.^[1]

Born on 23 February 1834 in Belgravia, London to Thomas Sheepshanks (1796-1875), rector of St John's, Coventry and his wife, Katherine (née Smith 1804 or 1805-1869). Sheepshanks was educated at Coventry Grammar School, then at Christ's College, Cambridge.^[2]

Ordained in 1857,^[3] he was a Curate at Leeds Parish Church^[4] and later Rector of New Westminster and Chaplain to George Hills, the Bishop of Columbia and Royal Engineers, Columbia Detachment. After that he held incumbencies in Bilton, Yorkshire and Anfield, Liverpool before his elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Norwich in 1893,^[5] a post he held until 1909. A noted author,^[6] he died on 3 June 1912.^[7] During his time in Liverpool, he founded St Margaret's School, which is now based in Aigburth and known as St Margaret's Church of England Academy.

References

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ "Sheepshanks, John (SHPS852J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
↑ The Times, Tuesday, 4 June 1912; pg. 7; Issue 39916; col A Death Of Bishop Sheepshanks
↑ The Times, Saturday, 8 July 1893; pg. 14; Issue 33998; col A Ecclesiastical Intelligence New Bishop of Norwich
↑ Amongst others he wrote "Confirmation and Unction of the Sick", 1889; "Charge, Eucharist and Confession", 1902; "My Life in Mongolia and Siberia", 1903; and "The Pastor in his Parish", 1908 > British Library web site accessed 17:04GMT Saturday 1 August 2009
↑ New York Times, 4 June 1912; "Bishop Sheepshanks Dead; Noted Ecclesiastical Writer Was Bishop of Norwich, 1893 to 1909."

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Pelham	Bishop of Norwich 1893–1910	Succeeded by Bertram Pollock

Bishops of Norwich

Bishops of Elmham	Bedwinus Northbertus Headulacus Æthelfrith Eanfrith Æthelwulf Alherdus Sybba Hunferthus Humbertus See interrupted Eadwulf Ælfric I Theodred I Theodred II Athelstan Ælfgar Ælfwine Ælfric II Ælfric III Stigand Grimketel Stigand (again) Æthelmær Herfast see removed to Thetford

Bishops of Thetford	Herfast William de Beaufeu Herbert de Losinga see removed to Norwich

High Medieval	Herbert de Losinga Everard of Calne William de Turbeville John of Oxford John de Gray Pandulf Verraccio Thomas Blunville Simon of Elmham William de Raley Walter Suffield Simon Walton Roger Skerning William Middleton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	John Salmon Robert Baldock William Ayermin Thomas Hemenhale Antony Bek William Bateman Thomas Percy Henry le Despenser Alexander Tottington Richard Courtenay John Wakering William Alnwick Thomas Brunce Walter Hart James Goldwell Thomas Jane

Early modern	Richard Nykke William Rugg Thomas Thirlby John Hopton John Parkhurst Edmund Freke Edmund Scambler William Redman John Jegon John Overall Samuel Harsnett Francis White Richard Corbet Matthew Wren Richard Montagu Joseph Hall Edward Reynolds Anthony Sparrow William Lloyd John Moore Charles Trimnell Thomas Green John Leng William Baker Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Samuel Lisle Thomas Hayter Philip Yonge Lewis Bagot George Horne Charles Manners-Sutton

Late modern	Henry Bathurst Edward Stanley Samuel Hinds John Pelham John Sheepshanks Bertram Pollock Percy Herbert Launcelot Fleming Maurice Wood Peter Nott Graham James

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 104506241 LCCN: no2011011749

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