St Augustine's College, Canterbury
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Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
theological college in Canterbury
Canterbury
Canterbury is a historic English cathedral city, which lies at the heart of the City of Canterbury, a district of Kent in South East England. It lies on the River Stour....
, Kent
Kent
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that opened in 1848 and closed in 1976. Many of those who trained there went on to serve as missionaries. It used some of the buildings of the former St Augustine's Abbey
St Augustine's Abbey
St Augustine's Abbey was a Benedictine abbey in Canterbury, Kent, England.-Early history:In 597 Saint Augustine arrived in England, having been sent by Pope Gregory I, on what might nowadays be called a revival mission. The King of Kent at this time was Æthelberht, who happened to be married to a...
, just east of Canterbury Cathedral - the impressive gatehouse can be seen from the ring road.
Alumni
- Nelson Wellesley FogartyNelson Wellesley FogartyNelson Wellesley Fogarty was the first Anglican Bishop of Damaraland from 1924 to 1933.-Biography:Nelson Wellesley Fogarty was born on 13 September 1871 in Canterbury, Kent, England, the son of John Evans Fogarty and his wife Mary Ann Mills.He was educated at The King's School, Canterbury before...
- Laurie Green
- Graeme Knowles
- Bransby Lewis KeyBransby Lewis KeyBransby Lewis Key was the 2nd Bishop of St John's in what was then known as Kaffraria and is now Mthatha, South Africa. Born into a medical family he was educated at Kensington Grammar School and St Augustine's College, Canterbury. Ordained Deacon in 1864 and Priest a year later his first post...
- Keith NewtonKeith Newton (bishop)Revd Msgr Keith Newton PA is an English priest of the Roman Catholic Church and the first Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham. Newton was formerly a bishop of the Church of England and served as the Bishop of Richborough in the Province of Canterbury from 2002 to...
- Stephen OliverStephen Oliver (bishop)Stephen John Oliver was the Anglican Bishop of Stepney from 2003 to 2010.Oliver was educated at King’s College London and St Augustine's College, Canterbury before a curacy at Clifton, Nottingham. After an incumbency at St Mary Plumtree in the same diocese he became head of religious programming...
- William Cyprian PinkhamWilliam Cyprian PinkhamWilliam Cyprian Pinkham was the second Anglican Bishop of Saskatchewan. He then became the first Bishop of Calgary when the diocese was divided in 1903....
- Colin SleeColin SleeThe Very Rev Colin Slee was a clergyman in the Church of England, most notable for his final post as Dean of Southwark Cathedral, a post he held from 1994 until his death...
- Gilbert Price Lloyd TurnerGilbert Price Lloyd TurnerGilbert Price Lloyd Turner was born on 8 May 1888 and died in 1968. He was a Bishop in the Anglican church.-Education:He was educated at the Collegiate School, Victoria in British Columbia and at St Augustine's College, Canterbury.-Career:...
- Rev Dr James Carter 1828-1909, student at 1852-1853
- Re Charles Marsden Betts 1833-1857, Hutcheson Exhibitioner, student at 1853-1855
Wardens
- Basil Colby RobertsBasil Colby RobertsBasil Coleby Roberts , DD, MA was an Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century. Born into a clerical family, he was educated at Marlborough College and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1912, his first post was as a Curate at St Jude’s, Salterhebble. He was a Lecturer at St...
- 1941-? - Cyril Kenneth SansburyCyril Kenneth SansburyCyril Kenneth Sansbury DD MA was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century....
- 1952-1961 - Kenneth CraggKenneth CraggThe Rt Rev Kenneth Cragg is an Anglican priest and scholar who has commented widely on religious topics for over fifty years, most notably Muslim-Christian relations. Born on 8 March 1913 and educated at Blackpool Grammar School and Jesus College, Oxford he was awarded the Grafton Scholarship ...
- before 1970
External links and reference material
- anglicanhistory.org Lots of historical documents on St. Augustine's, particularly about its creation.
- College of S. Augustine Canterbury: Participants at the Consecration, S. Peter's Day, 1848, by Michael Blain (2007)