Anthony Mitchell (bishop)


Anthony Mitchell was bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1912 to 1917.

Biography

He was ordained in 1892, after studying at the University of Aberdeen, Gonville & Caius College, Cambridge, the University of Edinburgh and the Episcopal Theological College. In 1905 he became canon of St. Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh, and was appointed Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in 1912, a post he held until his death. In addition to his clerical work, he was a respected ecclesiastical historian.