Guy Warman

Frederic Sumpter Guy Warman (5 November 1872 – 12 February 1953) was an Anglican bishop who held three separate episcopal appointments between 1919 and 1947.[1]

Guy Warman
Bishop of Manchester
ChurchChurch of England
ProvinceYork
DioceseManchester
In office1929–1947
PredecessorWilliam Temple
SuccessorWilliam Greer
Orders
Ordination1896
Consecration1919
Personal details
Born
Frederic Sumpter Guy Warman

(1872-11-05)5 November 1872
Died12 February 1953(1953-02-12) (aged 80)
DenominationAnglican
SpouseGertrude Earle
Children2 sons
Previous post(s)
EducationMerchant Taylors' School, Northwood
Alma materPembroke College, Oxford

He was educated at Merchant Taylors'[2] and Pembroke College, Oxford[3] and ordained priest in 1896.[4] After a curacy at Leyton (1895–99) and Hastings (1899–1901), he was Vice Principal of St Aidan's College, Birkenhead. He was Vicar of Birkenhead from 1902 to 1907; Principal of St Aidan's College, Birkenhead from 1907 to 1916 and Vicar of Bradford from 1916 to 1919.[5] He was elevated to the episcopate in 1919.[6] After four years in Cornwall as Bishop of Truro[7] he was translated to Chelmsford in 1923 and six years later to Manchester.[8] His translation to Manchester was effected by the confirmation of his election, on 21 January 1929 at York Minster.[9]

From 1910 to 1914 he was editor of The Churchman jointly with Dawson Dawson-Walker, professor of Biblical Exegesis at Durham University.[10]

He retired in 1947[11] and died six years later. He had married Gertrude, the daughter of surveyor Norwood Earle, and had two sons. His son, Francis Frederic Guy, was later Archdeacon of Aston.

References

  1. Obituary Bishop Guy Warman Evangelical Leader The Times Saturday, 14 Feb 1953; pg. 8; Issue 52546; col E
  2. National Archives data
  3. “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. Crockford's clerical directory (1940). Church House Publishing.
  5. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1525.
  6. Six New Bishops. Consecration In St. Paul's. The Times Monday, 20 Oct 1919; pg. 9; Issue 42235; col F
  7. Photo of Bishop Warman
  8. "Handbook of British Chronology" Fryde,E.B;Greenway,D.E; Porter, S; Roy,I:CUP, 1996 ISBN 0-521-56350-X
  9. "Personal". Church Times. No. 3444. 25 January 1929. p. 99. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 2 February 2023 via UK Press Online archives.
  10. "The First Century of The Churchman" (PDF). Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  11. Resignation Of Bishop Of Manchester The Times Wednesday, 1 Jan 1947; pg. 4; Issue 50647; col A


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