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'''Bernard Conyngham Corfield'''<ref>[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp96774/bernard-conyngham-corfield NPG details]</ref> (1890{{snd}}22 July 1965) was an Anglican bishop who served as [[Anglican Bishop of Travancore and Cochin|Bishop of Travancore and Cochin]] from 1938 to 1944.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=059-lpj7_2353-5199&cid=-1#-1 National Archives]</ref><br />
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Corfield was born into an ecclesiastical family &mdash; the second son of Egerton Corfield, a [[Church Mission Society]] (CMS) [[priest]] in [[India]], and grandson to two priests, F. C. Corfield and T. A. Anson, both of [[Derbyshire]]<ref>"Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> &mdash; and educated at [[St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate]] and [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]. After [[World War I]] service as a temporary Lieutenant in the [[Royal Field Artillery|RFA]] (during which he was [[mentioned in despatches]] twice)<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/29517/supplements/3156/page.pdf London Gazette]</ref> he was ordained in 1920. He was [[Principal (school)|Principal]] of the [[Church Mission Society|CMS]] School at [[Batala]] from then until 1928; and then held a similar post at [[Dera Ismail Khan]] until 1935. Returning to [[England]] he was [[Vicar]] of Christ Church, [[Nutfield, Surrey|South Nutfield]]<ref>[https://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/106941 Photo of church]</ref> until 1938 when he was appointed to the [[episcopate]].<ref>''Ecclesiastical News''[[The Times]] (London, England), Thursday, 17 March 1938; pg. 17; Issue 47945</ref> He was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 1938, at [[St. George's Cathedral, Chennai|Madras' cathedral]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.csimichigan.org/CKD_Chapter2.htm|title=Church of South India "CSI Church"}}</ref> Resigning his [[Episcopal see|see]] in 1944 he became [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Stratfield Saye]]. In 1950 he was appointed Rector of [[St Lawrence Church, Winchester]]. In 1962 he was appointed the [[Chaplain]] of [[Hospital of St John the Baptist, Winchester|St John's Hospital, Winchester]],<ref>[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] Oxford, [[OUP]], 1948</ref> and died in post on 22 July 1965.<ref>''Rt. Rev. B. C. Corfield'' [[The Times]] (London, England), Saturday, 24 July 1965; pg. 8; Issue 56382.</ref><br />
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