Thomas Strong (bishop)

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Thomas Strong

GBE
The Right Reverend; Thomas Strong; GBE
Bishop of Oxford
	Portrait of Strong by William Orpen, c. 1923
Church	Church of England
Province	Canterbury
Diocese	Oxford
Elected	1925
In office	1925–1937
Predecessor	Hubert Burge
Successor	Kenneth Kirk
Other post(s)	Vice-Chancellor of the; University of Oxford (1913–1917); Dean of Christ Church (1901–1920); Bishop of Ripon (1920–1925);
Orders
Ordination	1885 (deacon); 1886 (priest)
Personal details
Born	Thomas Banks Strong; 24 October 1861
Died	8 July 1944 (aged 82)
Buried	Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Occupation	Priest, theologian
Education	Westminster School
Alma mater	Christ Church, Oxford

Thomas Banks Strong (24 October 1861 – 8 July 1944) was an English Anglican bishop and theologian. He served as Bishop of Ripon and Oxford.^[1] He was also Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and served as vice-chancellor of Oxford University during the First World War.^[2]

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Thomas Strong was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he received a second-class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1883.^[3] He became a deacon in 1885 and a priest in 1886. At Christ Church, Strong was successively Lecturer (1884), Student (1888), Censor (1892), and then Dean (1901–1920).^[4] He received the degree Doctor of Divinity (DD) from the University of Oxford in January 1902.^[5]

In 1920 he was appointed Bishop of Ripon, and in 1925 was translated as Bishop of Oxford, serving as such, and as Clerk of the Closet and Chancellor of the Order of the Garter until 1937.

Strong produced a number of theological publications.^[6]^[7]^[8]

He became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1918. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, where there is a memorial stone with a Latin inscription.

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