Thomas Garrett (bishop)


Thomas Garrett
Bishop in Tirunelveli
ChurchChurch of South India
DioceseTirunelveli
In office1971–1974
PredecessorAugustine Jebaraj
SuccessorDaniel Abraham
Other post(s)Assistant Bishop of Leicester (1975–1980)
Orders
Ordination1937 (deacon); 1938 (priest)
by Arthur Winnington-Ingram
Consecration1971
Personal details
Died(1980-04-10)10 April 1980
Hallaton, Leicestershire, England
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
Alma materChrist's College, Cambridge

Thomas Samuel Garrett (died 10 April 1980)[1] was an Anglican bishop in the Church of South India:[2] he was the Bishop in Tirunelveli from 1971 to 1974.[3]

Garrett attended Christ's College, Cambridge and trained for the ministry at Ridley Hall.[1] He was made deacon in Advent 1937 (19 December)[4] and ordained priest the following Advent (18 December 1938) — both times by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral.[5] He then served his title (curacy) at St Mary, Stoke Newington. He spent 34 years serving with the Church Mission Society; a theological educator, he was Vice-Principal of Tirumaraiyur, 1946–1963. He was also an academic in western Africa, holding a lectureship at the University of Nigeria.[1]

Resigning his See in 1974, he returned to England to serve as Rector of Hallaton, Assistant Bishop of Leicester (from 1975) and an honorary canon of the cathedral.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "in memoriam: Bishop T. S. Garrett". Church Times. No. 6114. 18 April 1980. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 January 2025 – via UK Press Online archives.
  2. ^ University of Durham
  3. ^ CSI Tirunelveli
  4. ^ "Advent Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3909. 23 December 1937. p. 727. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 January 2025 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ^ "Advent Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3961. 23 December 1938. p. 711. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 22 January 2025 – via UK Press Online archives.