Grandage Edwards Powell was an Anglican Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 in the second quarter of the 20th century. Born on 20 November 1882 into a clerical family and educated at Rugby

Rugby School

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 and University College, Oxford

University College, Oxford

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, he was ordained in 1906. After curacies

Curate

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 in Fallowfield

Fallowfield

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  and Blackburn he rose rapidly in the Church

Church of England

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 hierarchy becoming successively Vicar

Vicar

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 of St Matthew’s, West Kensington, Rural Dean

Rural Dean

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 of Leicester

Leicester

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 and Archdeacon of Carlisle. After four years in Cumberland

Cumberland

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 he was raised to the Episcopate as the Suffragan Bishop of Penrith

Bishop of Penrith

The Bishop of Penrith is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name from the town of Penrith in Cumbria and was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534.-List of the Bishops of...

. He resigned after a serious illness in April 1944 and died on 5 March 1948.