Samuel Knight (bishop)

Samuel Kirshbaum Knight was a suffragan bishop from 1924 until his death in 1932.

Born in 1868 and educated at Trinity College, Dublin he was ordained in 1892.^[1] His first post was as a curate at Wardleworth after which he was successively Priest-in-charge at St Paul’s Barking and Vicar of St Mark’s Notting Hill before being appointed a Lecturer at King's College London. In 1919 he moved to the North East to becoming the Rural Dean for the Houghton-le-Spring area, then a Canon Residentiary at Durham Cathedral^[2] and finally in 1924 the Bishop of Jarrow.
He was married to Emmeline Cicely Knight, who died on 26 November 1955, aged 83. They are buried together in St Cuthbert's Cemetery, Durham.

References

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ The Times, Thursday, Jun 05, 1924; pg. 17; Issue 43670; col E Ecclesiastical News Durham Cathedral

Religious titles
Preceded by John Nathaniel Quirk	Bishop of Jarrow 1924–1932	Succeeded by James Geoffrey Gordon

Bishops of Jarrow

George Nickson John Quirk Samuel Knight James Gordon Leslie Owen David Dunlop John Ramsbotham Mervyn Armstrong Alexander Hamilton Michael Ball Alan Smithson John Pritchard Mark Bryant

Diocese of Durham

Durham Cathedral Auckland Castle Prince-Bishops Durham Castle

Office holders	Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham Mark Bryant, Bishop suffragan of Jarrow AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley Andrew Tremlett, Dean of Durham Ian Jagger, Archdeacon of Durham Stuart Bain, Archdeacon of Sunderland Nick Barker, Archdeacon of Auckland

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Berwick (16th century) Archdeacon of Northumberland (until 1882; now in Newcastle) Archdeacon of Lindisfarne (1842–1882; now in Newcastle)

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