Cecil Wood (bishop)

Cecil John Wood (1874 – 27 April 1957)[1] was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Melanesia, serving from 1912 to 1919.[2]

Wood was educated at St Peter's College, Oxford[3] and ordained in 1897. He held curacies at High Halden,[4] St Marylebone, and Bethnal Green before becoming Vicar of Wimbledon in 1906. Six years later he became Bishop of Melanesia,[5] serving for seven years. Returning to England he was Rector of Witnesham and then an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Newcastle from 1924 to 1934.[6] He was Rural Dean of Horsham from 1934 to 1940 and then Rector of West Grinstead until retirement in 1946.

He married Margorie Allen Bell, the sister of George Bell, Bishop of Chichester (1929-58).[7] He died in 1957, aged 82.[8]

References

1. The Times, Tuesday, Apr 30, 1957; pg. 13; Issue 53828; col D Obituary The Rt. Rev. C. J. Wood
2. Project Canterbury
3. "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
5. Ecclesiastical Intelligence. New Bishop Of Malanesia. The Times Wednesday, Feb 28, 1912; pg. 6; Issue 39833; col A
6. "Church Times, "Clerical Obituary", 3 May 1957, p 15". Retrieved 2 January 2021.
7. "Church Times: "Obituary: Barbara Whitley", 1 January 2021". Retrieved 2 January 2021.
8. "Church Times, "Clerical Obituary", 3 May 1957, p 15". Retrieved 2 January 2021.