Guy Smith (bishop)

For other people with the same name, see Guy Smith (disambiguation).

Guy Vernon Smith MC^[1] (15 October 1880 – 11 June 1957) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.

Smith was educated at Winchester^[2] and New College, Oxford. Ordained in 1907, he began his ministry with a curacy at Romford and was then chaplain to Arthur Winnington-Ingram, the Bishop of London, before World War I service as a chaplain to the British Armed Forces.^[3] From 1919 until 1925, he was the rector of Hackney and then the Archdeacon of Colombo before his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Willesden.^[4] He was translated to be the Bishop of Leicester in 1940.^[5] He retired in 1953. He has a commemorative plaque in Leicester Cathedral.^[6]

References

↑ NPG details
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Great War Forum
↑ Ecclesiastical News. Church Appointments- Willesden. The Times 26 July 1929; pg. 17; Issue 45265; col D
↑ Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Leicester, The Times 13 April 1940; pg. 9; Issue 48589; col D
↑ Plaque details at the Wayback Machine (archived 27 October 2009)

Church of England titles
Preceded by William Perrin	Bishop of Willesden 1929–1940	Succeeded by Henry Montgomery Campbell
Preceded by Cyril Bardsley	Bishop of Leicester 1940–1953	Succeeded by Ronald Williams

Bishops of Willesden

William Perrin Guy Smith Henry Montgomery Campbell Edward Jones Gerald Ellison George Ingle Graham Leonard Hewlett Thompson (became first area bishop)

Area bishops	Hewlett Thompson Tom Butler Graham Dow Pete Broadbent

Bishops of Leicester

for the ancient Mercian bishops, see Bishop of Lincoln; for the modern suffragans, see Bishop of Leicester (suffragan)

Cyril Bardsley Guy Smith Ronald Williams Richard Rutt Tom Butler Tim Stevens John Holbrook (Acting) Martyn Snow

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