Philip Carrington (6 July 1892 – 3 October 1975)Obituary The Most Rev Philip Carrington The Times Tuesday, 7 Oct 1975; pg. 14; Issue 59520; col F was an eminent Anglican priest and author,Amongst others he wrote "The Boy Scouts Camp Book", 1918; "Christian Apologetics in the Second Century", 1921; "The Soldier of the Cross", 1925; "The Sign of Faith", 1930; "The Pilgrim’s Way", 1937; "The Primitive Christian Catechism", 1941; "A Church History for Canadians", 1947; "The Early Christian Church", 1957; "The Anglican Church in Canada", 1963 > British Library web site accessed 15:19 GMT Monday 5 April 2010 the seventh Bishop of Quebec and the eleventh Metropolitan of Canada.
Born into an ecclesiastical familyHis father was the Very Rev Charles Walter Carrington sometime Dean of Christchurch Cathedral > “Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 and educated at Christ's College, Christchurch and the University of Canterbury, he was ordained in 1919.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 At first he specialised in work with the Boy Scouts and was then Rector of Lincoln, New Zealand. After this he was Warden of St Barnabas Theological College, North Adelaide then dean of Divinity at Bishop's University, Lennoxville. In 1935Ecclesiastical News New Bishop of Quebec The Times Saturday, 15 Jun 1935; pg. 8; Issue 47091; col G he was elevated to the episcopateHe was the brother of Charles Carrington, the Historian of World War I and the biographer of Rudyard Kipling.Anglican Bishops of Quebec and retired in 1960.
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