George Bell (bishop)


George Bell
Bishop of Chichester
Bell in 1910
ProvinceCanterbury
DioceseChichester
Installed11 June 1929
Term ended3 October 1958
PredecessorWinfrid Burrows
SuccessorRoger Wilson
Other post(s)Dean of Canterbury
(1925–1929)
Member, House of Lords
(1937–1958)
Orders
Ordination1907 (deacon)
Consecrationc. 1929
Personal details
Born(1883-02-04)4 February 1883
Died3 October 1958(1958-10-03) (aged 75)
BuriedChichester Cathedral
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsJames Allen Bell
Sarah Georgina Megaw
SpouseHenrietta Livingstone
(married 1918)
Alma materChrist Church, Oxford
Wells Theological College
Sainthood
Feast day3 October
Venerated inChurch of England

George Kennedy Allen Bell (4 February 1883 – 3 October 1958) was an Anglican theologian, Dean of Canterbury, Bishop of Chichester, member of the House of Lords and a pioneer of the ecumenical movement.