Death of “Hiking Bishop”
The Bishop of Winchester, Dr. Frank Theodore Woods, died at Winchester a few weeks ago, after a long i'lness. The Bishop, who was 5S on January 15, spent his birthday on a sick bed, being ill with bronchial trouble. Ho was translated from- Peterborough to Winchester in 1924. For many years he undertook a summer pilgrimage in his diocese. “If people did not want to go to church," he maintained, “the church must go to them." The Bishop carried the pseudonym of “The Hiking Bishop." Ho had a fine voice, and his pilgrimage into the remote parts of his diocese were attended by successful services. He made these pilgrimages in. his . cassock .and with staff, and villages always, gave him a popular welcome. ' Ho came of an athletic family and was a keen cricketer himself. He was consecrated Bishop of Peterborough in 1916
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Manawatu Times, Volume LV, Issue 6866, 24 May 1932, Page 3
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