Province Canterbury Ordination 1866 Successor Arthur Turner Term ended 1905 Died June 20, 1921 | Installed 29 September 1890 Role Chaplain See Seoul Name Charles Corfe Appointed 1889 | |
Predecessor None (Inaugural Holder) | ||
Charles John Corfe (1843 – 20 June 1921) was the inaugural Bishop in Korea from 1889. Corfe was one of the four "Bible Clerks" educated as an undergraduate at All Souls College, Oxford. After graduating he had a brief spell teaching at St. Michael's College, Tenbury before being ordained in 1866. For the next 22 years he was a Royal Naval Chaplain. In 1889 he was awarded an honorary DD on his appointment in Korea. On his retirement he published an account of his pioneering efforts entitled The Anglican Church in Corea.
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