Joseph Wellington Hunkin[2] OBE MC[3] (25 September 1887 – 28 October 1950) was the eighth Bishop of Truro from 1935 to 1950.[4][5]
Joseph Hunkin | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Truro | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Truro |
| In office | 1935–1950 |
| Predecessor | Walter Frere |
| Successor | Edward Morgan |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1914 (curate); |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 September 1887 Truro, Cornwall |
| Died | 28 October 1950 (aged 63) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
He was born on 25 September 1887 at Truro and educated at Truro College,[6] the Leys School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. Made deacon on St Matthew's Day 1913 (21 September)[7] and ordained priest at Michaelmas 1914 (27 September) — both times by Archibald Robertson, Bishop of Exeter, at Exeter Cathedral,[8] he began his career with a curacy at St Andrew's, Plymouth.[9] He was then a chaplain in the British Armed Forces during World War I[10] and after that Dean of Chapel at Caius (his undergraduate college). From 1927 until his ascension to the episcopate he was Archdeacon of Coventry[11] and an Honorary Chaplain to the King. He was consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral on Whit Tuesday 1935 (11 June).[12] In 1938 he volunteered to be chaplain to the British Legion Volunteer Police Force.[13]
He died on 28 October 1950.[14] He was a strong Evangelical and noted for his pastoral work.[15] He was the chair of a commission to produce a new English translation of the Bible from 1948 to 1950. Hunkin used as his pastoral staff a shepherd's crook of iron with a wooden shaft bound with a silver band inscribed "Un para, un bugel" (Cornish for "One flock, one shepherd") and enlisted in the Home Guard during the Second World War. A keen gardener, he was commemorated by a garden in the cathedral close and a shrub donated to every parish.[16] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).
Writings
editAmong his published works,
- Is it Reasonable to Believe? (1935) London: Hodder & Stoughton.
- From a Cornish Bishop's Garden (2001), Penzance: Alison Hodge – a collection of newspaper articles from The Guardian, (an Anglican weekly newspaper) edited and introduced by Douglas Pett.[17]
References
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- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, p.493
- ^ Portraits of Joseph Hunkin at the National Portrait Gallery, London
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ Bishop of Truro: Archdeacon Hunkin Appointed The Times Monday, 1 April 1935; p. 14; Issue 47027; col F
- ^ "Hunkin, Joseph Wellington". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Wood, Joanna (2005), High on the Hill, pp. 184–185. Blue Hill Publishing, ISBN 0-9549005-1-0.
- ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 2644. 26 September 1913. p. 400. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 2697. 2 October 1914. p. 350. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ Church web-site
- ^ Dunstan, A. & Peart-Binns, J. S. (1977) Cornish Bishop. London: Epworth ISBN 0716202824/ ISBN 978-0-7162-0282-0
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ "Consecration of the Bishops of Truro and Bedford". Church Times. No. 3777. 14 June 1935. p. 711. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "British Legion volunteers". The Times. 7 October 1938. p. 8.
- ^ Bishop of Truro: a Great Pastoral Leader The Times Monday, 30 October 1950; p. 6; Issue 51835; col E
- ^ "Joseph Hunkin in New York". Time Inc. 14 February 1938. Archived from the original on 26 August 2010. Retrieved 20 March 2009.
- ^ Brown, H. Miles (1976) A Century for Cornwall. Truro: Blackford; pp. 102–116
- ^ Hunkin, J. W. "From a Cornish bishop's garden". Copac. Retrieved 23 April 2010.
