Daniel Corrie (10 April 1777 – 5 February 1837) was an English Anglican priest and bishop, the inaugural
Bishop of Madras.
Corrie was born at
Ardchattan
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,
Argyll
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, Great Britain, the second son of John Corrie, a vicar in
Lincolnshire
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. He was educated at
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
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,
ordained
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a
deacon
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Major Christian denominations, such as the Cathol ...
of the
Diocese of Lincoln
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History
The diocese traces its roots in an unbroken line to the Pre-Reformation Diocese of Leice ...
on 13 June 1802 and ordained a
priest
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on 10 June 1804. He became
Archdeacon of Calcutta in 1823. He was consecrated bishop in 1835 and died on 5 February 1837.
The Times
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later reported that he had been taken ill at an
SPG meeting on 31 January 1837.
[Friday, 23 June 1837; pg. 4; Issue 16450; col F]
Gallery
File:Memorial to Daniel Corrie, St. George's Cathedral, Madras 01.jpg, Memorial to Bishop Daniel Corrie, St. George's Cathedral, Madras
File:Memorial to Daniel Corrie, St. George's Cathedral, Madras 02.jpg, Memorial to Bishop Daniel Corrie, St. George's Cathedral, Madras
References
Further reading
*Corrie, Daniel (1856) ''Familiar Letters''; from Daniel Corrie, a military chaplain in the service of the East India Company, to a subaltern officer in the same service. The writer was subsequently advanced to the Bishopric of Madras. Cockermouth: Printed for private circulation only, at Bailey's office.
*Corrie, Daniel et al. (1847) ''Memoirs of the Right Rev. Daniel Corrie''; compiled chiefly from his own letters and journals, by his brothers,
George Corrie and Henry Corrie. London: Seeley, Burnside, & Seeley
*MacNaghten, Angus (1969) ''Daniel Corrie, his Family and Friends''. London: Johnson
External links
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19th-century Anglican bishops in Asia
Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
Anglican bishops of Madras
Archdeacons of Calcutta
1778 births
1837 deaths
English expatriates in India