Arthur Beresford Turner (24 August 1862 – 28 October 1910) was the second

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Bishop in

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from 1905 until his death from blood poisoning five years later. Born into an ecclesiastical family, he was educated at

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and

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. After graduating, he studied for ordination at

Ripon College Cuddesdon Ripon College Cuddesdon (RCC) is a Church of England seminary, theological college in Cuddesdon, a village outside Oxford, England. The College trains men and women for ministry in the Church of England: stipendiary, non-stipendiary, local orda ...

before curacies at

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and

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. He was ordained priest by

John Mackarness John Fielder Mackarness (3 December 1820 – 16 September 1889) was a Church of England bishop. Life He was born in Islington (then in the county of Middlesex, now in Greater London) on 8 December 1820, the eldest son of John Mackarness, a West ...

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, at Cuddesdon Parish Church on 27 May 1888. After a further four years as senior curate at

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he went to

to be part of the

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missionary team. For the next 14 years he was a devoted servant to the emergent Korean church. He was consecrated a bishop by

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, in

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on the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul (25 January) 1905; and served as

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"Bishop in Corea" until he died in post. A noted cricketer, he died "whilst still at the height of his powers"''The Cross and the Rising Sun'', Ion, A H: Ontario, Wilfrid Laurier University Press 1990 from blood poisoning.

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Bishops in Korea 1862 births People educated at Marlborough College Alumni of Keble College, Oxford 1910 deaths British expatriates in Korea Anglican bishops in Korea {{Korea-reli-bio-stub