Daniel Corrie

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Daniel Corrie from Frank Penny's Book 'The Church in Madras, Volume III' (1922)

Daniel Corrie (10 April 1777–5 February 1837) was an English Anglican priest and bishop, the inaugural Bishop of Madras.

Corrie was born at Ardchattan, Argyll, Great Britain, the second son of John Corrie, a vicar in Lincolnshire. He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, ordained a deacon of the Diocese of Lincoln on 13 June 1802 and ordained a priest on 10 June 1804. He became Archdeacon of Calcutta in 1823. He was consecrated bishop in 1835 and died on 5 February 1837. The Times later reported that he had been taken ill at an SPG meeting on 31 January 1837.

Gallery

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  Memorial to Bishop Daniel Corrie, St. George's Cathedral, Madras

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  Memorial to Bishop Daniel Corrie, St. George's Cathedral, Madras

Further reading

• Corrie, Daniel (1856) Familiar Letters; from Daniel Corrie, a military chaplain in the service of the East India Company, to a subaltern officer in the same service. The writer was subsequently advanced to the Bishopric of Madras. Cockermouth: Printed for private circulation only, at Bailey's office.
• Corrie, Daniel et al. (1847) Memoirs of the Right Rev. Daniel Corrie; compiled chiefly from his own letters and journals, by his brothers, George Corrie and Henry Corrie. London: Seeley, Burnside, & Seeley
• MacNaghten, Angus (1969) Daniel Corrie, his Family and Friends. London: Johnson ISBN 0853070180

Anglican Communion titles
New title	Bishop of Madras 1835–1837	Succeeded by George Spencer