Herbert Mather (1840–1916) was an Anglican bishop in the last decades of the 19th century and the first part of the 20th.[1][2]

Mather was educated at St Andrew's University and Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained in 1867.[3][4] He began his ordained ministry as vice-principal and then the principal of Carmarthen Training College.[5] He then became chaplain to the Bishop of Newfoundland and incumbent of the cathedral. After this he was the rector of All Saints' Huntingdon and rural dean of Gartree.[6] From 1891 to 1897 he was Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness[7] when he was ordained to the episcopate[8] as the 4th Bishop of Antigua.[9] Returning to England he was an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Hereford until his retirement in 1912.

References

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  1. ^ Bishop Mather, The Times, London, 1 August 1922; pg. 11; Issue 43098; col D
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ^ "Mather, Herbert (MTR860H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ^ Ordinations, The Times, London, 21 March 1867; pg. 12; Issue 25764; col A
  5. ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 1006.
  6. ^ The Times, London, 11 March 1886; pg. 5; Issue 31704; col E Ecclesiastical Appointments
  7. ^ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000", Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh, T & T Clark, ISBN 0-567-08746-8
  8. ^ The Times, London, 19 July 1897; p7; Issue 35259; col C, Ecclesiastical Intelligence
  9. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
Religious titles
Preceded by Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness
1891 to 1897
Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Antigua
1897 to 1904
Succeeded by