Simon Phipps (bishop)

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The Right Reverend

Simon Phipps

MC
Bishop of Lincoln
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Lincoln
In office1974–1987
PredecessorKenneth Riches
SuccessorRobert Hardy
Other post(s)Bishop of Horsham
Orders
Consecration1968
Personal details
Born(1921-07-06)6 July 1921
Died29 January 2001(2001-01-29) (aged 79)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsWilliam & Pamela
SpouseMary Welch (m. 1973)
Alma materTrinity College, Cambridge

Simon Wilton Phipps

Anglican bishop, who served as Bishop of Lincoln
between 1974 and 1987.

Life

He was born on 6 July 1921, the son of Captain William Duncan Phipps R.N. and Pamela Ross, and was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge.

In 1940, he was commissioned into the

River Po, he was again wounded during a reconnaissance mission and was subsequently awarded the Military Cross (MC). He reached the rank of major, before being demobilised in 1946.[1]

Following the war, having read History at Trinity, he studied for the priesthood at Westcott House, Cambridge. A talented writer of lyrics, he was President of Footlights in 1949.

In 1953, after a short spell as a curate in Huddersfield, Phipps was appointed Chaplain at Trinity. That appointment was followed by ten years at Coventry as an Industrial Chaplain, during which time he lived in a small council flat on a new housing estate.

The modesty of his surroundings did not prevent him from entertaining his long-time friend, Princess Margaret, "to the great interest of his neighbours".[2]

In 1968, Phipps was appointed as

Lincoln
in 1974, where he served as Bishop until 1987.

Marriage and death

In 1973, he married Mary Welch, who died in 2000. They had no children. Phipps died in January 2001.

Sources

  • Caroline Gilmour and Patricia Wyndham, Simon Phipps: A Portrait (Continuum, 2003)
  • "The Right Reverend Simon Phipps". The Telegraph. 7 February 2001. Archived from the original on 4 June 2011. Retrieved 20 June 2023.

References

  1. Who Was Who
    . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2007.
  2. ^ Edward H. Patey, Cathedral and Industry, in Simon Phipps: A Portrait.
Church of England titles
New title Bishop of Horsham
1968–1974 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Lincoln
1974–1987 		Succeeded by
Robert Maynard Hardy
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