Clifford Woodward

Memorial to Clifford Salisbury Woodward in Gloucester Cathedral

Clifford Salisbury Woodward M.C. (12 August 1878 – 14 April 1959) was Bishop of Bristol from 1933 to 1946 and Bishop of Gloucester from 1946 to 1953.

Life

Woodward was educated at Marlborough School and Jesus College, Oxford, obtaining a second-class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1901. After ordination, he served as lecturer at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and chaplain of Wadham College, Oxford before becoming rector of St Saviour's with St Peter's, Southwark. He was an Army chaplain in the First World War, during which time he was wounded and won the Military Cross. In 1918, he became rector of St Peter's, Cranley Gardens, in the West End of London, becoming a Canon of Westminster Abbey and rector of St John's, Smith Square in 1925. He became Bishop of Bristol in 1933 and in 1946 became Bishop of Gloucester. He died on 14 April 1959.^[1]

References

↑ "Rt. Rev. Dr. C. S. Woodward – A well remembered bishop". The Times. 15 April 1959. p. 15.

Church of England titles
Preceded by George Nickson	Bishop of Bristol 1933–1946	Succeeded by Frederick Cockin
Preceded by Arthur Headlam	Bishop of Gloucester 1946-1953	Succeeded by Wilfred Askwith

Bishops of Gloucester and of Gloucester and Bristol

Gloucester	John Wakeman John Hooper James Brooks Richard Cheyney John Bullingham Godfrey Goldsborough Thomas Ravis Henry Parry Giles Thomson Miles Smith Godfrey Goodman William Nicholson John Pritchett Robert Frampton Edward Fowler Richard Willis Joseph Wilcocks Elias Sydall Martin Benson James Johnson William Warburton The Hon James Yorke Samuel Hallifax Richard Beadon George Huntingford The Hon Henry Ryder Christopher Bethell James Monk (became Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol)

Gloucester and Bristol	James Monk (previously Bishop of Gloucester) Charles Baring William Thomson Charles Ellicott (became Bishop of Gloucester)

Gloucester	Charles Ellicott (previously Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol) Edgar Gibson Arthur Headlam Clifford Woodward Wilfred Askwith Basil Guy John Yates Peter Ball David Bentley Michael Perham Martyn Snow (Acting) Rachel Treweek

Bishops of Bristol

1542 see	Paul Bush John Holyman Richard Cheyney John Bullingham Richard Fletcher John Thornborough Nicholas Felton Rowland Searchfield Robert Wright George Coke Robert Skinner Thomas Westfield Thomas Howell Gilbert Ironside (Er) Guy Carleton William Gulston John Lake Gilbert Ironside (Yr) John Hall John Robinson George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw Charles Cecil Thomas Secker Thomas Gooch Joseph Butler John Conybeare John Hume Philip Yonge Thomas Newton Lewis Bagot Christopher Wilson Spencer Madan Reginald Courtenay Folliott Cornewall The Hon George Pelham John Luxmoore William Mansel John Kaye Robert Gray Joseph Allen

1897 see	Forrest Browne George Nickson Clifford Woodward Frederick Cockin Oliver Tomkins John Tinsley Barry Rogerson Mike Hill

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