Charles Saunders (bishop)

Charles John Godfrey Saunders was the Bishop of Lucknow from 1928 until 1938. He was born in 1888 and educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St John’s College, Oxford.^[1] Ordained in 1912 he emigrated to India where he worked as a missionary with the SPG. From 1921 to 1925 he was Staff Chaplain at the headquarters of the Indian Army followed by another three years in a similar post serving the Metropolitan of Calcutta^[2] before his elevation to the Episcopate. On returning to England he was Vicar of Uckfield, and an Assistant Bishop within the Chichester Diocese.^[3] His last post was an honorary one^[4] in retirement at Bristol where he died on 16 October 1973.

Notes

1. Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
2. During which time he wrote Handbook for chaplains, India : a guide to the military, civil and ecclesiastical rules in force in India (Calcutta, Indian Army, 1926)
3. Ecclesiastical News New Assistant Bishop For Chichester (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Friday, 3 Feb 1939; pg. 18; Issue 48220; col G
4. As part of the hospital chaplaincy team, in which capacity he wrote A History of the United Bristol Hospitals (Bristol, Board of Governors of the United Bristol Hospitals1960)