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This article is about the Anglican bishop. For the sports commentator, see Harry Carpenter.

Harry James Carpenter (20 October 1901 in Liss – 24 May 1993 in Oxford) was an English bishop and theologian. He was warden of Keble College, Oxford (1939–1956) and then 37th Bishop of Oxford (1955–1970).

Carpenter was educated at Churcher's College and Queens' College, Cambridge; and ordained after studying at Cuddesdon College in 1928. His first post was a curacy in Leatherhead.

Carpenter married Urith Monica Trevelyan, a teacher. Their son was the biographer, writer and radio broadcaster, Humphrey Carpenter.

From 1962 to 1970, Carpenter he lived in the village of Cuddesdon, where there had historically been a bishop's palace, but his successors found this impractical and in 1978 the bishops reverted to living within the city. He initiated the ecumenical discussions which eventually resulted in the building of the Church of Christ the Cornerstone in Milton Keynes.

There is a parish school named after Carpenter in the Oxfordshire village of North Newington.

References

Diocesan website Archived 28 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
"Bishop Of Oxford Nominated", The Times (London, England), 8 December 1954, p. 8.
"News in Brief", The Times (London, England), 12 September 1970, p. 14.
Who was Who 1897–2007 London: A & C Black (1991) ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
Crockford's Clerical Directory Lambeth: Church House (1976) ISBN (invalid) 0108153674, alternate version: ISBN 0-19-200008-X, OCLC 25885092, OCLC 59162245
The Independent obituary
"New home is 'no palace' | the Door". Archived from the original on 26 April 2006. Retrieved 9 May 2006.

External links

Carpenter's appeal for new churches, March 1958
Carpenter pictured in 1969

Academic offices
Preceded byBeresford Kidd	Warden of Keble College, Oxford 1939–1955	Succeeded byEric Symes Abbott
Church of England titles
Preceded byKenneth E. Kirk	Bishop of Oxford 1955–1970	Succeeded byKenneth John Woollcombe

v t e Bishops of Oxford
Early modern	Robert King Thomas Goldwell Hugh Curwen John Underhill John Bridges John Howson Richard Corbet John Bancroft Robert Skinner Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Robert Skinner William Paul Walter Blandford Nathaniel Crew Henry Compton John Fell Samuel Parker Timothy Hall John Hough William Talbot John Potter Thomas Secker John Hume Robert Lowth John Butler Edward Smallwell John Randolph
Late modern	Charles Moss William Jackson Edward Legge Charles Lloyd Richard Bagot Samuel Wilberforce John Mackarness William Stubbs Francis Paget Charles Gore Hubert Burge Thomas Strong Kenneth Kirk Harry Carpenter Kenneth Woollcombe Patrick Rodger Richard Harries John Pritchard vacancy (Colin Fletcher {acting}) Steven Croft

Bishops of Oxford

Early modern

Late modern

v t e Wardens of Keble College, Oxford
Edward Stuart Talbot 1870–1888 Robert Wilson 1888–1897 Walter Lock 1897–1920 Beresford Kidd 1920–1939 Harry James Carpenter 1939–1955 Eric Symes Abbott 1956–1960 Austin Farrer 1960–1968 Spencer Barrett (Acting Warden, 1968–1969) Dennis Nineham 1969–1979 Christopher Ball 1980–1988 George Barclay Richardson 1988–1994 Dame Averil Cameron 1994–2010 Sir Jonathan Phillips, 2010–2022 Sir Michael Jacobs 2022–

Wardens of Keble College, Oxford

Edward Stuart Talbot 1870–1888
Robert Wilson 1888–1897
Walter Lock 1897–1920
Beresford Kidd 1920–1939
Harry James Carpenter 1939–1955
Eric Symes Abbott 1956–1960
Austin Farrer 1960–1968
Spencer Barrett (Acting Warden, 1968–1969)
Dennis Nineham 1969–1979
Christopher Ball 1980–1988
George Barclay Richardson 1988–1994
Dame Averil Cameron 1994–2010
Sir Jonathan Phillips, 2010–2022
Sir Michael Jacobs 2022–

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