John Watts Ditchfield

John Edwin Watts-Ditchfield (17 September 1861 – 14 July 1923)^[1] was an eminent 20th century Anglican priest and distinguished author.^[2]

Educated at the Victoria University of Manchester^[3] and ordained in 1891,^[4] he began his career with a Curacy at St Peter Highgate after which he was Vicar of St James-the-Less, Bethnal Green.^[5] Following this he was a Lecturer in Pastoral Theology at Cambridge University until his appointment to the episcopate as the inaugural Bishop of Chelmsford,^[6] dying in post. There is a statue to him within Chelmsford Cathedral.^[7] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References

1. Obituary First Bishop Of Chelmsford The Times Monday, 16 July 1923; pg. 14; Issue 43394; col B
2. Amongst others he wrote "Fishers of Men", 1899; "Liturgies for Men’s Services", 1901; "Here and Hereafter", 1911; "The Church in Action", 1913; "Reservation", 1917; and "The Church and Her Problems", 1920 > British Library web site accessed 7:55 GMT Saturday 28 November 2009
3. “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
5. Telephone Lodge
6. Dats in Essex History
7. Cathedral web-site