Richard Knyvet Wimbush, (18 March 1909 – 4 January 1994) was an English

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bishop. Before becoming a bishop, he was a priest in the

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and then Principal of Edinburgh Theological College. He was Bishop of Argyll and The Isles from 1963 and also

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from 1974. He resigned his bishopric in 1977 to return to being a parish priest in the Church of England.

Biography

Wimbush was born into an ecclesiastical family on 18 March 1909. He was educated at Haileybury,

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and

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. He was ordained in 1935. He began his career as

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of his old

and then held similar posts at

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and

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. After this he was Rector of Melsonby and then Principal of Edinburgh Theological College. In 1963, he became Bishop of Argyll and The Isles. From 1974, he was also

. Resigning in 1977 he became

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of Etton with Dalton Holme and an Assistant Bishop of York. He died on 4 January 1994.Obituary, The Independent
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1909 births People from Terrington People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon 20th-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops Bishops of Argyll and The Isles Primuses of the Scottish Episcopal Church 1994 deaths Clergy from Yorkshire Members_of_the_Order_of_the_British_Empire {{UK-bishop-stub