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and he returned to London as a Chaplain in Camberwell hospital He was demobilised in December 1918. He was Rector and Rural Dean of Stepney, 1920–26, and Vicar of St Peter's, Cranley Gardens before his elevation to the episcopate as suffragan Bishop of Kensington He was consecrated a bishop
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His reputation as a spellbinding preacher, apparently extempore but meticulously well-researched, was matched by his humility. He was noted for assisting with the washing-up after church functions and, in an address to a high-powered gathering of the British and Foreign Bible Society, he confessed
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In 1941, his appointment as diocesan Bishop of Southwark was announced — although the Archbishop of Canterbury regarded him as 'a little rough in manner but otherwise good; Simpson's translation to Southwark duly occurred early in 1942 and he was installed at
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For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. Whilst visiting the most advanced line he was injured by the burst of a shell but carried on with his duty. He has always carried out his daily task regardless of all
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on 24 January. In 1946, he was offered translation to the more prestigious see of Salisbury but he preferred to remain in the capital He retired in 1958.
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that he did not read the Bible but 'a thriller for 10 minutes before I go to sleep' He died in 1971 aged 87.
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He suffered shell concussion in this action which left him with
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cleric who served over half a century in London as Suffragan
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Born on 25 September 1883, Simpson was educated at the
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Bertram Fitzgerald Simpson
Anglican
Bishop of Kensington
Diocesan
Bishop of Southwark

St Anne's Church, Kew
University of Durham
Durham Union
Epiphany term
Ordained
Soho
First World War
Military Cross
tinnitus
Nativity of St John the Baptist
St Paul's Cathedral
Cosmo Lang
Archbishop of Canterbury
Southwark Cathedral
"Towards unity"
Church Times
ISSN
0009-658X
"Bertram Simpson: The humblest of bishops"
Church Times
ISSN
0009-658X
"Church news"
Church Times

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