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Kenneth Kirk | |
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Bishop of Oxford | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Oxford |
In office | 9 December 1937 – 8 June 1954 |
Predecessor | Thomas Strong |
Successor | Harry Carpenter |
Other post(s) | Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology, University of Oxford (1933–1938) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 21 December 1912 (deacon) 1913 (priest) |
Consecration | c. 1937 |
Personal details | |
Born | Kenneth Escott Kirk 21 February 1886 |
Died | 8 June 1954 | (aged 68)
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
Kenneth Escott Kirk (21 February 1886 – 8 June 1954), also known as K. E. Kirk, was an English Anglican bishop. An influential moral theologian, he served as Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at the University of Oxford from 1933 to 1938, and then as the Bishop of Oxford in the Church of England from 1937 to 1954.