Arthur Headlam | |
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| Bishop of Gloucester | |
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| Diocese | Gloucester |
| Installed | 1923 |
| Term ended | 1945 |
| Predecessor | Edgar Gibson |
| Successor | Wilfred Askwith |
| Previous post(s) | Regius Professor of Divinity, Oxford |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 29 September 1888 by John Mackarness |
| Consecration | 25 January 1923 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1862-08-02)2 August 1862 |
| Died | 17 January 1947(1947-01-17) (aged 84) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Arthur William Headlam Agnes Favell |
| Spouse | |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Arthur Cayley HeadlamCH (2 August 1862 – 17 January 1947) was anEnglish theologian who served asBishop of Gloucester from 1923 to 1945.
Headlam was born inWhorlton, County Durham, the son of itsvicar, Arthur William Headlam (1826–1908), by his first wife, Agnes Favell.[1] The historianJames Wycliffe Headlam was his younger brother. He was educated atWinchester College andNew College, Oxford, where he readGreats. He was a Fellow ofAll Souls College, Oxford, from 1885. He was ordained in 1888, and became Rector ofWelwyn in 1896. In 1900 Headlam married Evelyn Persis Wingfield.[1]
He was Professor ofDogmatic Theology atKing's College London from 1903 to 1916, where he served asPrincipal from 1903 to 1912 and as the firstDean from 1908 until 1913.[2] He wasRegius Professor of Divinity, Oxford from 1918 to 1923. His 1920Bampton Lectures showed the theme ofecumenism that would preoccupy him.[3] At the time of the1926 General Strike, he opposed the intervention of some of the other bishops.[4]
He was influential in the Church of England's council on foreign relations in the 1930s, chairing the Committee on Relations with Episcopal Churches.[5] He supported theProtestant Reich Church inGermany, and was a critic of theConfessing Church. He is thus generally considered an 'appeaser'.[6] During theNazi rise to power in 1933 he blamedGerman Jews for causing their ownpersecution, writing that they caused "the violence of theRussian Communists" and "Socialist communities" and were "not altogether a pleasant element in German, and in particularBerlin life."[7]
He was appointed to theOrder of the Companions of Honour (CH) in the1921 Birthday Honours for his services at Oxford.[8]
| Academic offices | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Principal ofKing's College London 1903–1912 | Succeeded by |
| New office | Dean of King's College London 1908–1912 | Succeeded by |
| Preceded by | Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford 1918—1923 | Succeeded by |
| Church of England titles | ||
| Preceded by | Bishop of Gloucester 1923–1945 | Succeeded by |
