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Herbert Pakenham-Walsh

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Herbert Pakenham-Walsh (1871–1959) was an Anglican bishop, educator, scholar and lyricist.

Pakenham-Walsh was the third son of William Pakenham-Walsh, Anglican Bishop of Ossory, Ferns and Leighlin in Ireland from 1878 until 1897. He received a doctorate in divinity from Trinity College, Dublin. In 1916, he married Clara Hayes. He was a missionary at Bangalore, India from 1907 to 1908.[1]

He was warden of Bishop Cotton Boys' School in Bangalore, Karnataka, India from 1907 until 1913.[2] In 1915, he became the first Bishop of Assam when the diocese of Assam was created out of part of the territory of the diocese of Calcutta.[3]

Books

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  • Lights and shades of Christendom to A. D. 1000. Oxford University Press, 1936. LCCN 36-13343
  • The Antiphonal Psalter. pp. viii. 342. Diocesan Press: Madras, 1929.
  • Divine Healing. Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge (SPCK), 1922,
  • Daily Services for Schools and Colleges. pp. vi. 142. Longmans & Co.: London, 1914 8º.
  • Altar and Table. (Addresses.). pp. 66. S.P.C.K.: London, 1920.
  • The Epistles of St. John (The Indian church commentaries). 1910
  • The appeal of Assam: Being an interpretation of the mission and church statistics (Protestant) for 1921-2. 1922.
  • Three Psalms from the Antiphonal Psalter. London : S.P.C.K, [1930]
  • Evolution & Christianity. pp. 86. Christian Literature Society: London, 1907.
  • A devotional study of the Holy Qurbana

Chapters and articles

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  • Pakenham-Walsh, Herbert ‘The Christa Sishya Sanga’, East and West Review, Vol. III, 1937.
  • The Epistles of St. John. In: Bible. [New Testament. English.] The Indian Church Commentaries, etc. 1919, etc. 8º.

References

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  1. ^ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes. 1919. p. 110. Retrieved 28 January 2010.
  2. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 45.
  3. ^ Chatterton, Eyre (1924). "Chapter XXVI. The Diocese of Assam, 1915. The Country of the Tea Gardens". A History of the Church of England in India Since the Early Days of the East India Company. London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
Church of England titles
New diocese Bishop of Assam
1915–1924
Succeeded by