Ernest Pearce

The Right Reverend

Ernest Pearce

CBE TD
The Right Reverend; Ernest Pearce; CBE TD
Bishop of Worcester
	Pearce in 1916
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Worcester
In office	1919 to 1931
Predecessor	Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs
Successor	Arthur Perowne
Previous post(s)	Canon of Westminster Abbey (1911–1919)
Orders
Ordination	1890
Consecration	24 February 1919
Personal details
Born	Ernest Harold Pearce; 23 July 1865
Died	28 October 1930 (aged 65)
Denomination	Anglicanism
Alma mater	Peterhouse, Cambridge

Ernest Harold Pearce CBE TD (23 July 1865 – 28 October 1930) was an Anglican bishop, the 106th bishop of Worcester from 1919 until his death.^[1]

Biography

He was born on 23 July 1865 and was educated at Christ's Hospital and Peterhouse, Cambridge.^[2]

Ordained priest in 1890 he was firstly an assistant master and school chaplain at Christ's Hospital.^[3] An eminent scholar, he was Professor of Biblical History at Queen's College, London^[4] until 1905 when he became Rector of Christ Church Greyfriars in the City of London. In 1911, he was appointed a canon of Westminster Abbey. He then served as treasurer (1912–1916), Archdeacon of Westminster (1916–1918), and sub-dean (1918–1919).^[5]

He was subsequently elevated to the See of Diocese of Worcester.^[6] He was consecrated on 24 February 1919.^[5] A cleric whose efficiency, powers of rapid work and precision of thought were respected throughout the church,^[7] he died suddenly on 28 October 1930, aged 65.^{[citation needed]}

Works

The Annals of Christ's Hospital, 1901
The Book of God's Kingdom, 1902
The Sons of the Clergy, 1904
English Christianity in its Beginnings, 1908
The Laws of the Earliest Gospel, 1913
William de Colchester, 1915
The Monks of Westminster, 1916
The Royal Hospitals at Church, 1925
The Register of Thomas de Cobham, 1317-1327, 1930

References

^ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
^ "Pearce, Ernest Harold (PR884EH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1680.
^ "College Web-Site". Archived from the original on 31 January 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.
^ ^a ^b Pearce, E. C.; Brodie, Marc (23 September 2004). "Pearce, Ernest Harold (1865–1930)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35432. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ New Bishop of Worcester. Appointment of Canon E. H. Pearce. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Thursday, 2 January 1919; pg. 9; Issue 41987; col B
^ The Times, Wednesday, 29 October 1930; pg. 16; Issue 45656; col B The Bishop of Worcester Administrator And Antiquary

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Preceded by Huyshe Wolcott Yeatman-Biggs	Bishop of Worcester 1919–1931	Succeeded by Arthur William Thomson Perowne

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[1] "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X

[2] "Pearce, Ernest Harold (PR884EH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[3] Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1680.

[4] "College Web-Site". Archived from the original on 31 January 2008. Retrieved 3 February 2008.

[ODNB-5] Pearce, E. C.; Brodie, Marc (23 September 2004). "Pearce, Ernest Harold (1865–1930)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/35432. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

[6] New Bishop of Worcester. Appointment of Canon E. H. Pearce. (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Thursday, 2 January 1919; pg. 9; Issue 41987; col B

[7] The Times, Wednesday, 29 October 1930; pg. 16; Issue 45656; col B The Bishop of Worcester Administrator And Antiquary

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v t e Bishops of Worcester
Early medieval	Bosel Oftfor Egwin of Evesham Wilfrith (I) Milred Waermund Tilhere Heathured Denebeorht Heahbeorht Ealhhun Werferth Æthelhun Wilfrith (II) Koenwald Dunstan Oswald Ealdwulf
High medieval	Wulfstan (I) Leofsige Beorhtheah Lyfing Ælfric Puttoc Lyfing Ealdred Wulfstan (II) Samson Theulf Simon John de Pageham Alured Roger Baldwin of Forde William of Northall Robert FitzRalph Henry de Sully John of Coutances Mauger Randulf of Evesham Walter de Gray Sylvester William de Blois Walter de Cantilupe Nicholas of Ely Godfrey Giffard
Late medieval	John St German William Gainsborough Walter Reynolds Walter Maidstone Thomas Cobham Wulstan Bransford Adam Orleton Simon Montacute Thomas Hemenhale Wulstan Bransford John of Thoresby Reginald Brian John Barnet William Whittlesey William Lenn Walter Lyghe Henry Wakefield Robert Tideman of Winchcombe Richard Clifford Thomas Peverel Philip Morgan Thomas Polton Thomas Brunce Thomas Bourchier John Carpenter ("Bishop of Worcester and Westbury") John Alcock Robert Morton Giovanni de' Gigli
Early modern	Silvestro de' Gigli Girolamo Ghinucci Hugh Latimer John Bell Nicholas Heath John Hooper, Bishop of Worcester and Gloucester Nicholas Heath Richard Pate Edwin Sandys Nicholas Bullingham John Whitgift Edmund Freke Richard Fletcher Thomas Bilson Gervase Babington Henry Parry John Thornborough John Prideaux Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) George Morley John Gauden John Earle Robert Skinner Walter Blandford James Fleetwood William Thomas Edward Stillingfleet William Lloyd John Hough Isaac Maddox James Johnson Brownlow North Richard Hurd
Late modern	Folliott Cornewall Robert Carr Henry Pepys Henry Philpott John Perowne Charles Gore Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs Ernest Pearce Arthur Perowne William Wilson Cash Mervyn Charles-Edwards Robin Woods Philip Goodrich Peter Selby John Inge

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