Christopher Evelyn Storrs (4 February 1889 - 19 February 1977) was an
Anglican
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bishop
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in the mid 20th century.
Storrs was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at
Malvern and
Pembroke College, Cambridge before beginning his ordained ministry with a
curacy at
Leeds Parish Church. He was a
Chaplain to the
Forces from 1916 to 1919 and then of
his old school until 1930. From 1930 to 1939 he was at
St George's College,
Perth, Western Australia
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, then
Archdeacon of
Northam. In 1946 he became
Bishop of Grafton, a post he held for nine years. After this he was
Warden
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of
St John's Theological College,
Morpeth, New South Wales until 1959. His final position before retirement was as
Rector of
Hazelbury Bryan.
The Times
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, 21 August 1959; pg. 12; Issue 54545; col D ''Ecclesiastical News''
References
1889 births
People educated at Malvern College
Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Northam
Anglican bishops of Grafton
20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia
1977 deaths
Australian military chaplains
World War I chaplains
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