Alfred Pearson (bishop)

Alfred Pearson was the second Bishop of Burnley, serving from 1905^[1] to 1909.

Born in Brixton on 30 April 1848 ^[2] and educated at Lincoln College, Oxford he was ordained in 1874. After a curacy at St Andrew’s, Leeds he heldincumbencies at St Ebbe’s, Oxford, All Saints' Church, Nottingham (1880-1888), St Margaret’s, Brighton and St Mark's, Sheffield (where he was also Rural Dean of the area^[3]) before his elevation to the Episcopate. He died on 19 March 1909.^[4]

Notes

↑ New Bishop Suffragan Of Burnley The Times Tuesday, Jan 03, 1905; pg. 9; Issue 37594; col A
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ Fifty Years of Sheffield Church Life
↑ Obituary- The Bishop Of Burnley The Times Saturday, Mar 20, 1909; pg. 12; Issue 38912; col F

Church of England titles
Preceded by Edwyn Hoskyns	Bishop of Burnley 1905 – 1909	Succeeded by Henry Henn

Bishops of Burnley

Edwyn Hoskyns Alfred Pearson Henry Henn Edgar Priestley Swain Keith Prosser George Holderness Richard Watson Ronald Milner Martyn Jarrett John Goddard Philip North

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