George Chase (bishop)

George Armitage Chase MC (3 September[1] 1886 – 30 November 1971[2]) was Bishop of Ripon and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.

He served as an army chaplain in the first world war and was decorated with the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in helping the wounded at Ypres on 4 October 1917.[3]

The son of Frederic Chase,[4] George Chase was educated at Rugby School[5] and Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating in 1908.[6] He was made deacon on St Thomas' Day 1911 (21 December) at Holy Trinity Church, Guildford[7] and ordained priest the next Advent (22 December 1912) at Winchester Cathedral — both times by Edward Talbot, Bishop of Winchester.[8]

Chase subsequently became a Fellow, Dean and Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge and Canon of Ely. In 1934 he was appointed as the seventh Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, a position he held until 1946. On retiring from the Mastership, Chase was made an Honorary Fellow of Queens' College, which he remained for the remaining 25 years of his life.[4]

On leaving Selwyn, Chase took up the position of Bishop of Ripon, being consecrated at York Minister on 1 November 1946,[9] where he remained until his resignation on 6 April 1959.[2]

He was awarded an honorary DD degree by Leeds University in 1951.[10]

Publications
  • A Companion to the Revised Psalter, S.P.C.K (1963) ISBN B0006EW7BK
  • Introduction to the Psalms, S.P.C.K (1964) ISBN 978-1-4372-6570-5
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References
  1. Ancestry.com
  2. Royal Historical Society Handbook of British Chronology
  3. Supplement to the London Gazette 26 November 1917
  4. Queens' College Honorary Fellows
  5. 1901 Census
  6. Queens' College Eminent alumni Archived 6 May 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. "Advent ordinations". Church Times (#2553). 29 December 1911. p. 892. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 November 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. "Advent ordinations". Church Times (#2605). 27 December 1912. p. 876. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 November 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. "Consecration of four bishops". Church Times (#4372). 8 November 1946. p. 677. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 29 November 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  10. Leeds University Honorary Degrees Archived 5 January 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Religious titles
Preceded by
Geoffrey Lunt		 Bishop of Ripon
1946–1959		 Succeeded by
John Moorman
Academic offices
Preceded by
George Ernest Newsom		 Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge
1934–1946		 Succeeded by
William Telfer


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