Charles John Godfrey Saunders (188416 October 1973) was the Bishop of Lucknow from 1928 until 1938. He was born in 1884 and educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St John's College, Oxford.Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 Ordained in 1912, he emigrated to India where he worked as a missionary with the SPG. From 1921 to 1925 he was Staff Chaplain at the headquarters of the Indian Army followed by another three years in a similar post serving the Metropolitan of CalcuttaDuring which time he wrote Handbook for chaplains, India : a guide to the military, civil and ecclesiastical rules in force in India (Calcutta, Indian Army, 1926) before his appointment to the episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on St James's Day (25 July) 1928 at Allahabad.
On returning to England he was an Assistant Bishop of Chichester, along with a succession of Sussex incumbencies: UckfieldEcclesiastical News New Assistant Bishop For Chichester (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Friday, 3 February 1939; pg. 18; Issue 48220; col G (1938–1942), Barcombe (1942–1947) and West Lavington (1947–1953); he retired in 1953. His last post was an honorary one, as part of the hospital chaplaincy team, in which capacity he wrote A History of the United Bristol Hospitals (Bristol, Board of Governors of the United Bristol Hospitals, 1960), in retirement at Bristol where he died on 16 October 1973.
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