Christopher Robinson

Male, Deceased Person

1903 – 1986

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Who was Christopher Robinson?

Christopher James Gossage Robinson was Bishop of Lucknow from 1947 to 1962, when he was translated to be the Bishop of Bombay until his retirement in 1970.

Born into a distinguished family and educated at Marlborough College and Christ's College, Cambridge,

After graduating in 1926 he went to India to be on the teaching staff of St Stephen's College, Delhi. He returned to England in 1929 to be ordained.

His first appointment was as a Curate at St Mary’s Portsea, after which he returned to India, where he was a leading light in the Cambridge Mission to Delhi, until his ordination to the episcopate.

He retired to Delhi in 1970. He had never married.

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Born
Jun 10, 1903
Education
  • Marlborough College
Died
Feb 24, 1986

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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