List of clergy and theologians associated with Balliol College, Oxford

This is a list of clergy and theologians associated with Balliol College, Oxford.

ImageNameJoindatePositionCommentsRefsKarma Phuntsho1997Buddhist MonkBhutanese scholarJudith M. Brown1990Anglican PriestSt Mary Magdalen, OxfordBeit Professor of Commonwealth HistoryFellowThe first woman chaplain at Oxford (Brasenose) 2017Balliol College Register (Seventh Edition) by Tom Bewley and John Jones. 2005. Alan Wilson1978Bishop of BuckinghamDoctoral thesis: "The authority of church and party among London Anglo-Catholics, 1880–1914"</p>Called for removal of restrictions for on clergy entering into same-sex civil marriagesMichael Sadgrove1968post-evangelical catholic Anglican priesttheologianDean of Durham, Dean of Sheffield2016 launched "Christians for Europe" advocating the UK's continued membership of the EUBill Sykes1960Anglican priestChaplain, University College, London and University College, OxfordVisions of Faith: An Anthology of ReflectionsIan Ker1960Catholic priest, convert from Anglicantheologianauthority on John Henry NewmanTheology lecturer, OxfordMere CatholicismBiography of GK ChestertonObituary Ian Ker Catholic Herald 8 November 2022Thomas Stonor1959Lord Chamberlainfirst Catholic Lord Chamberlain (head of Royal Household) since the ReformationCrispian Hollis1956Catholic Bishop of PortsmouthCatholic Chaplain to Oxford UniversityDick France1956 New Testament scholar and Anglican clericPrincipal of Wycliffe HallDavid Young1951 Bishop of Riponsupporter of women priests, but opposed to active homosexual priests and same-sex marriagesLionel Blue1950 Rabbi (first to come out publicly)BBC Radio 4 broadcaster - "Thought for the Day"Occasional guest speaker of the Jewish Gay and Lesbian Group and a patron of Centred (formerly Kairos).Autobiography Hitchhiking to Heaven 2004Ambrose Griffiths1946Bishop of Hexham and NewcastleAbbot of Ampleforth AbbeyRonald Gordon1945Bishop of Portsmouth, Bishop of Lambeth, Bishop to the ForcesMember, Advisory Board for Redundant ChurchesGraham Leonard1939Bishop of LondonCaptain in WW2Converted to Catholicism after he retired and received the title of Monsignor Mirza Nasir Ahmad 1934Third Caliph of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community from PakistanAdopted the motto "Love for all, Hatred for None"Balliol College Register (Fifth Edition) by John Jones and Sally Viney 1983Cecil Jackson-Cole1928entrepreneur and humanitarianCo-founded Oxfam, Help the Aged and ActionAidAustin Farrer 1923 Anglo-Catholic theologian Warden of Keble CollegeThe Farrer hypothesis that the Gospel of Mark was written first, followed by the Gospel of Matthew and then by the Gospel of Luke, with Matthew and Luke using the earlier gospel(s) as sourcesBalliol College Register (Third Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1953 Shogi Effendi Rabbani 1920 Guardian of the Baháʼí FaithHe expanded the number of people following the faith.F. L. Cross1917 patristics scholar and Anglican priest Canon of Christ ChurchLady Margaret Professor of Divinityreengaged with Christians in Germany after WW2Israel Brodie 1916 Chief RabbiHis ministry coincided with the creation of the State of Israel after WW2 and was focused on rebuilding European JewryThomas Layng1911Archdeacon of YorkDeputy Chaplain-General to the Forces Chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth IIArnold Lunn 1907 Catholic convert from MethodismCatholic apologist Inventor of the slalom ski runRonald Knox 1906 Catholic priest, convert from AnglicanCrime writer and translator of the Knox Bible, which was called "an exceptional achievement both of scholarship and of literary dedication" by Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan WilliamsCatholic Chaplain to the University of OxfordWilliam Heard 1903 Catholic convert 1910CardinalFirst Scottish cardinal since the ReformationClosely attended Pope Paul VIWilliam Temple 1900 Archbishop of Canterbury"His influence on the British people, in the field of social justice, on the Christian Church as a whole, and in international relations, was of a kind to which it would be very difficult to find a parallel in the history of England" Bishop George BellStacy Waddy1893Canon,St. George's Cathedral, JerusalemHeadmaster, The King's School, Parramatta, Australiafirst class cricketerThomas Byles 1889 BlessedCatholic priestA number of witnesses attest to his serenity and calmness amid the chaos – hearing confessions, giving blessings and doing what he could to comfort the terrified women and children into the lifeboats and it is said twice refused a place in the lifeboat. He was last seen gathering a group of men around him and leading them in the Rosary.https://www.fatherbyles.com/ retrieved 14 December 2024Cosmo Lang 1882 Archbishop of York, then Archbishop of CanterburyCriticised Edward VIII for abdicatingHenry Beeching1878Dean of Norwichprofessor of Pastoral Theology KCL Chaplain of Lincoln's InnCanon of Westminster AbbeyCharles Gore1871Bishop of Worcester, Birmingham, then OxfordChaplain to Queen Victoria and King Edward VIIHardwicke Rawnsley 1870 Anglican priestChaplain to the KingCo-founder National TrustHenry Scott Holland1865 Canon of Christ ChurchRegius Professor of Divinitykeen interest in social justice Joseph Wood 1861 Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral Headmaster successively of Leamington College, Tonbridge School, and Harrow SchoolBalliol College Register (Second Edition) by Ivo Elliott 1934Henry Oxenham 1846 Catholic convert from AnglicanEcclesiologistSought a better understanding between the Roman and Anglican churchesGeorge Ridding1846Bishop of SouthwellHeadmaster, Winchester CollegeJohn Coleridge Patteson 1844 Missionary to the South Sea IslandsBishop of Anglican Church of MelanesiaKilled by natives after being mistaken for a slave traderGodfrey Thring 1841 Anglican priestCo-writer of the hymn Crown Him with Many CrownsFrederick Temple 1838 FellowArchbishop of Canterbury"The doctrine of Evolution is in no sense whatever antagonistic to the teachings of Religion."Benjamin Jowett1835Anglican clericMoral teacherMaster of BalliolRegius Professor of GreekConfidant of Florence NightingaleDean Stanley 1834 Anglican priestBroad churchmanLiberal theologianRegius Professor of Ecclesiastical HistoryDean of WestminsterBuried in Westminster AbbeySamuel Waldegrave1834Bishop of Carlislepreviously canon of Salisbury CathedralMeyrick Goulburn1834Dean of NorwichHeadmaster, Rugby Schooltraditional conservativeFrederick William Faber 1832 OratorianCatholic convert from AnglicanHymn writer Faith of our FathersFounded Brompton OratoryGranduncle of founder of publishing house Faber and FaberArchibald Campbell Tait 1829 Archbishop of Canterbury (first from Scotland)FellowHeadmaster, Rugby SchoolBishop of LondonIntroduced the Public Worship Regulation Act 1874 to limit the growing ritualism of Anglo-CatholicismHenry Manning 1827 Catholic convert from Anglican; Cardinal-Archbishop of WestminsterInfluenced the papal encyclical Rerum novarum promoting the Catholic view of social justiceWrote The Eternal Priesthoodanti-vivisectionistHis remains are in Westminster CathedralGeorge Moberly1822Bishop of SalisburyHeadmaster, Winchester School George Greig1813Chaplain-General of the ForcesWrote biography of the Duke of Wellington 1890 "Gleig, George" Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.) Cambridge University Press 1911 Arthur Broome1798Clergyman, Bromley by BowFounded the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) in 1824 Also see Oxford Journal, 28 November 1801, p 3.Archibald Alison 1775Scottish Anglican priest and essayistHis preaching attracted so many hearers that a new and larger church was built for him - St Paul's Chapel on York Place in Edinburgh 1818John Jacques1744Vicar, Great Packington Prebendary of Lincoln CathedralJohn Douglas 1738 Bishop of Salisburyattacked David Hume's rationalism in his "Letter on the Criterion of Miracles"George Abbot 1579Archbishop of CanterburyVice-Chancellor, OxfordChancellor, University of Dublina translator of the King James Version of the Bibleperformed the coronation ceremony of King Charles I as king of England.Alexander Briant 1574 Saint and martyrTortured, convicted of High Treason in a show trial, clumsily hanged, drawn and quartered at TyburnRobert Persons 1568 JesuitLed the English Mission.Rector, English College, RomePersons [Parsons], Robert Oxford Dictionary of National Biography last updated 23 September 2004https://www.thomaspoolelibrary.org.uk/robert-parsons-jesuit-priest/ Thomas Poole Library retrieved 14 December 2024Anthony Garnetc1550Anglican Priestordained 1556FellowRector, Lowther; Vicar,Burgh by Sands, Cumbria 1574–1582 (death)The Clergy Database CCEd Record ID: 66197John Bell (1498)Bishop of WorcesterSupported King Henry VIII in the King's Great MatterGeorge Neville 1448 Archbishop of YorkLord ChancellorChancellor of the University of Oxfordtook part in the proclamation of Edward IV as king, who confirmed his appointment as chancellorbenefactor of the university of Oxford and of Balliol College</p>John Morton 1440 Cardinal and Archbishop of Canterburya man of great learning and profound wisdom, devoted to the service of God, concerned for the public welfare rather than for his own advantage, immersing himself profitably in both religious and secular affairs, and not shrinking from the heat and burden of the dayTalbot, C. H. (1967), ed. Letters from the English Abbots to the Chapter at Citeaux, 1442-1521. Camden Society, Fourth Series, Vol IV. p. 137. Quoted in Bradley, S. (2019). John Morton: Adversary of Richard III, Power Behind the Tudors. Amberley Publishing. p. 129. John Wycliffe 1350 Dissident Catholic priestMasterKnown as "Doctor Evangelicus"Involved in translating Bible into EnglishThomas Bradwardine (1318) Archbishop of CanterburyKnown as "Doctor Profundus"Despite never rejecting the papacy, Thomas Bradwardine is cited as holding Reformation theology before Luther and Calvin dePrater, William A. (2015). God Hovered Over the Waters: The Emergence of the Protestant Reformation. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock Publishers. ISBN 978-1-4982-0454-5Chaucer ranks Bradwardine with Augustine and Boethius in The Nun's Priest's Tale John de Stratford(1293)Archbishop of Canterbury Bishop of Winchester, Treasurer and Chancellor of EnglandRoy Martin Haines "The Register of John de Stratford, Bishop of Winchester, 1323–1333: Volume 1" Introduction pp. xvii–xviii

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