John Turner (bishop)

John Matthias Turner (1786–1831) was an eminent Anglican priest^[1] in the first half of the 19th century.^[2]

John Matthias Turner

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He was the son of Thomas Turner of Oxford, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1801, aged 15, graduating B.A, in 1804 and M.A. in 1807.^[3] He became Vicar of Abingdon^[4] then Rector of Wilmslow^[5] before being appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Calcutta in 1829. He died in post in the summer of 1831 and was interred on 8 July;^[6] he had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD)^[7]