The Late Right Rev. J. H. Titcomb, D.D (1887)

The Late Right Rev. J. H. Titcomb, D.D, former Bishop of Rangoon

1887

Source: The Illustrated London News.

The Right Rev. J. Holt Titcomb, D.D., Honorary Canon of Winchester Cathedral, formerly Bishop of Rangoon, British Burmah, and subsequently coadjutor to the episcopal juris- diction of the Bishop of London over English churches in Northern and Central Europe, but latterly Vicar of St. Peter's, Brockley, died a fortnight ago, in the sixty-eighth year of his age. Bishop Titcomb graduated at St. Peter's College, Cam- bridge, taking his degree in 1841, and spent the early years of his ministry in Ireland. [Continued below]

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In 1845 he was appointed Vicar of St. Andrew-the-Less, Cambridge, which he vacated fifteen years later on accepting the secretaryship of the Christian Vernacular Education Society. In 1861 he was appointed Vicar of St. Stephen's, South Lambeth. He was Rural Dean of Clapham from 1870 till 1876, and was appointed an Honorary Canon of Winchester in 1874. In 1876 he was appointed Vicar of Woking, and in the following year was consecrated Bishop of Rangoon by the late Archbishop Tait. Five years later Bishop Titcomb returned, and was engaged in superintending the stations of the Established Church of England on the Continent as the deputy of the Bishop of London. A few months since he accepted the vicarage of St. Peter's, Brockley. He was author of several works, including “Before the Cross: Short Chapters on Buddhism,” “Personal Recollections of British Burmah,” “Revelation in Progress.” “Cautions for Doubters,” and “ Gladius Ecclesiae; or, Church Lessons for Young Churchmen.”

Bibliography

“The Late Bishop Titcomb.” The Illustrated London News. 90 (16 April 1887): 31. Hathi Diigital Library Trust version of a copy in the University of Chicago Library. Web. 9 January 2016. 443-44.

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