Dr. Foss Westcott (23 October 186319 October 1949) was an English bishop.
Westcott was the son of a distinguished clergyman,
Brooke Foss Westcott (and brother of
George,
Bishop of Lucknow) and was educated at
Cheltenham College and
Peterhouse, Cambridge. Ordained in 1887, his first post was as
curate
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of St Peter's Church,
Bishopwearmouth. Emigrating to India he was a
Missionary
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with the
SPG before ascending to the
episcopate as ''Bishop of Chota Nagpore'' in 1905.
to
Calcutta
Kolkata, also known as Calcutta (List of renamed places in India#West Bengal, its official name until 2001), is the capital and largest city of the Indian States and union territories of India, state of West Bengal. It lies on the eastern ba ...
in 1919 he served as
Metropolitan of India, Burma and Ceylon until 1945. In 1921 he saved 5 orphan girls from a flood-stricken area of West Bengal and brought them to Chota Nagpur which is now known as Namkom, Ranchi where he laid the foundation of the school namely Bishop Westcott Girls' School which is one of the best schools of eastern region. He retired to Darjeeling where he died. He was buried in the grounds of
St. Paul's School, Darjeeling, a public school of which he had been the chairman of the board of directors for many years.
References
1863 births
People educated at Cheltenham College
Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge
Anglican bishops of Chota Nagpur
1949 deaths
Anglican missionaries in India
English Anglican missionaries
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