Kenneth Woollcombe

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Kenneth John Woollcombe (2 January 1924 – 3 March 2008)

academic[2] who was Bishop of Oxford[3]
in the middle part of his career, from 1971 to 1978.

Early years

Woollcombe was born in

Geoffrey Lampe
, his predecessor as chaplain, in 1957.

Scholar and bishop

Woollcombe was Professor of Dogmatic Theology at the

Assistant Bishop (1978–1981)[16] to the Bishop of London, Gerald Ellison; he was given responsibility for the City of Westminster.[17] He remarried in 1980, to Juliet Dearmer (granddaughter of Canon Percy Dearmer) who had become a deaconess
in 1977. They had one daughter.

He declined the positions of

faculty for Henry Moore's controversial new altar commissioned by Chad Varah and Peter Palumbo, Baron Palumbo for St Stephen Walbrook.[10][19]

Final years and death

He retired to Worcestershire in 1989 where he served as an

Alan Wilson, Bishop of Buckingham; and Michael Scholar, President of St John's College, Oxford — took place at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford on 28 May 2008.[20]

References

  1. ^ "The Right Reverend Kenneth Woollcombe". The Telegraph. 6 March 2008.
  2. ^ The Times, Tuesday, 17 March 1953; p. 10; Issue 52572; col B "Election of Fellow of St John’s College, Oxford"
  3. ^ The Times, Saturday, 12 September 1970; p. 14; Issue 57969; col D "New Bishop of Oxford"
  4. ^ "No. 37632". The London Gazette. 28 June 1946. p. 3296.
  5. ^ a b "The Right Rev Kenneth Woollcombe: Scholarly Bishop of Oxford". The Independent. 14 April 2008. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  6. ISBN 0-7136-3514-2
  7. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 9 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 9 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ^ "Church web site". Archived from the original on 9 October 2007. Retrieved 7 March 2008.
  10. ^ a b Obituary, The Times, 6 March 2007
  11. ^ "No. 45285". The London Gazette. 21 January 1971. p. 777.
  12. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 9 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  13. ^ The Times, Friday, 4 July 1965; p. 1; Issue 53439; col D, Anglicans debate the ordination of women
  14. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  15. ^ "No. 47563". The London Gazette. 8 June 1978. p. 6911.
  16. ^ "Woollcombe, Kenneth John". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  17. ^
    ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 15 February 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  18. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 15 February 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  19. ^ [1987] Fam 146, [1987] 2 All ER 578
  20. Daily Telegraph
    , Court and Social (p28) Issue no 47,584, 30 May 2008
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