Robert Mortimer (bishop)
Robert Cecil Mortimer (6 December 1902 – 11 September 1976)[1] was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England.[2]
Mortimer was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford[3] and Keble College in the same city. He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1926 (3 October) at his title church (St Mary Redcliffe)[4] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (2 October 1927) at St Alban's, Westbury-on-Trym — both times by George Nickson, Bishop of Bristol;[5] and was a curate at St Mary Redcliffe.[6] He then became a lecturer in canon law and then the Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology[7] at the University of Oxford before his ordination to the episcopate in 1949 to serve as Bishop of Exeter,[8][9] which See he held for 24 years. He was consecrated a bishop on St Mark's Day 1949 (25 April), by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[10]
As the Bishop of Exeter, Mortimer set up an exorcism commission, which published its report in 1973.[11][12]
Mortimer was also a notable author,[13] and frequently appeared on BBC Television. He had four children, one of whom was the journalist and author Edward Mortimer.
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References
[edit | edit source]- ^ "Obituary: The Right Rev Robert Mortimer Former Bishop of Exeter", The Times, 13 September 1976, p16.)
- ^ "New Bishop of Exeter", The Times, 11 February 1949, p4.
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- ^ "University News", The Times, 11 February 1944, p7.
- ^ National Archives
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- ^ Malia, Linda: A fresh look at a remarkable document: Exorcism: The report of a commission convened by the Bishop of Exeter Anglican Theological Review; London Vol. 83, Iss. 1, (Winter 2001): 65-88.
- ^ Anglican Church of Canada - Archives
- ^ Among other books he wrote Gambling (1933), Origins of Private Penance (1939), The Elements of Moral Theology (1947), Marriage in Church and State (1947), Christian Ethics (1950), The Duties of a Churchman (1951) and Western Canon Law (1953).
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