Rt Rev Harold Nickinson Rodgers (6 July 1881''1939 England and Wales Register'' – 22 June 1947) was the third

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Bishop of Sherborne in the modern era. Educated at

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus"), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century through to the early 19th century ...

, he was ordained in 1910 and his ministry began with a curacy at St Jude's, Southsea; after which he was Vicar of Havant (and latterly Rural Dean). Subsequently, he served as Archdeacon of Portsmouth in 1927,

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(1940–47) and Bishop of Sherborne (1936–47). He died in Salisbury in 1947. His '' Times'' obituary described him as "an able administrator"."Obituary: Bishop Of Sherborne" '' The Times'' Tuesday, 24 June 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50795; col E

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1881 births 1947 deaths Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Portsmouth Archdeacons of Dorset Bishops of Sherborne 20th-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub