Francis Phelps
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Francis Robinson Phelps (19 September 1863 – 26 June 1938) was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.
Early life
Phelps was born in Canada on 19 September 1863 and educated at Keble College, Oxford. he was made deacon in 1887 and ordained priest in 1888. Following curacies at Battersea, St John the Evangelist, Westminster and St John the Divine, Kennington he was rector of Thorpe Episcopi, Norfolk.
South Africa
Phelps and his family emigrated to South Africa in 1909, he was successively warden of St Peter's Home in Grahamstown and Archdeacon of Grahamstown. He was appointed Dean of Grahamstown in 1914.{{sfn|Gould|1924|p=xviii}}
Phelps was elected Bishop of Grahamstown in 1915.{{sfn|Botha|2006|p=198-}}{{sfn|Gould|1924|p=xviii}} In 1931 he was translated to Cape Town. His consecration as archbishop was challenged by other Anglican clergy in the civil court in Cape Town. The court found for Phelps.
Due to ill-health Phelps resigned as archbishop in 1937, He died less than a year later on 27 June 1938. in Oxford.
References
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{{Cite web | title = 1891 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription | work = Findmypast | accessdate = 2014-09-19 | url = http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=gbc%2f1891%2f0000700003 }}
“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}
{{Cite web | title = School & university registers Image | work = Findmypast | accessdate = 2014-09-19 | url = http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=angul%2fara206%2f0110&parentid=angul%2fara206%2f0110 | ref= {{sfnref|Findmypast}} }}
"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
{{Cite news | title = ARCHBISHOP OF CAPE TOWN. Legality of His Appointment Questioned | page= 8 col D | newspaper= Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer | date = 19 August 1931 | accessdate = 2014-09-19 | url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19310819/190/0008 | via= British Newspaper Archive }}
{{Cite web | title = Ex-archbishop dies | page= 8 col A | work = Hull Daily Mail | date = 28 June 1938 | accessdate = 2014-09-19 | url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19380628/134/0008 | via= British Newspaper Archive }}
{{Cite web | title = Dr Francis Robinson Phelps. Archbishop Of Capetown, Is Resigning His Position For Reasons Of Health | page= 2 col B | work = Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette | date = 6 October 1937 | accessdate = 2014-09-19 | url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000640/19371006/043/0002 | via= British Newspaper Archive }}
{{Cite web | title = Former Archbishop Dead | page= 5 col B | work = Western Daily Press | date = 28 June 1938 | accessdate = 2014-09-19 | url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000513/19380628/019/0005 | via= British Newspaper Archive }}
{{Cite web | title = England & Wales marriages 1837-2008 Transcription | work = Findmypast | accessdate = 2014-09-19 | url = http://search.findmypast.com/record?id=bmd%2fm%2f1895%2f2%2faz%2f000258%2f079 }}
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=Sources=
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- {{cite book|last=Botha|first=Cynthia|editor1-first=Charles |editor1-last=Hefling |editor2-first=Cynthia |editor2-last=Shattuck |title=The Oxford Guide to The Book of Common Prayer : A Worldwide Survey|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezVH2h6PKUcC&pg=PA198|year=2006|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-972389-8|chapter=Southern Africa}}
- {{cite book|last=Kotzé|first=Anne R.|title=Bishopscourt and its residents|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PkIwAQAAIAAJ|year=1992|publisher=Creda Press|page=41}}
- {{cite book|first=Charles|last=Gould|title=Grahamstown Cathedral: A Guide and Short History|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_vadHwAACAAJ|year=1924|publisher=Grahamstown Diocesan Registry}}
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External links
- {{NPG name|name=Francis Robinson Phelps}}
- [http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/inventory.php?iid=7526 University of the Witwatersrand papers]
- [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=109-aa_1-1_1-2&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives]
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{{s-bef|before=Charles Edward Cornish}}
{{s-ttl|title=Bishop of Grahamstown|years=1915 – 1931 }}
{{s-aft|after=Archibald Howard Cullen}}
{{s-bef|before=William Marlborough Carter}}
{{s-ttl|title=Archbishop of Cape Town|years=1931 – 1938 }}
{{s-aft|after=John Russell Darbyshire}}
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{{Archbishops of Cape Town}}
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Category:Alumni of Keble College, Oxford
Category:Anglican archdeacons in Africa
Category:Anglican bishops of Grahamstown
Category:Anglican archbishops of Cape Town
Category:20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops