Douglas Sargent

Douglas Noel Sargent
Bishop of Selby
Douglas Sargent in 1962
Church	Church of England
Diocese	York
Installed	1962
Term ended	1971
Predecessor	Carey Knyvett
Successor	Morris Maddocks
Personal details
Born	1907 (1907) Near London, England
Died	1979 (aged 71–72) York, North Yorkshire, England[1]
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Imogene Ward
Alma mater	Watford Grammar School for Boys King's College, Cambridge London College of Divinity Union Theological Seminary, New York

Douglas Noel Sargent (1907–1979[2]) was the third Bishop of Selby.

Biography

Sargent was born near London,[1] and educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys, King's College, Cambridge[3] and the London College of Divinity; and ordained in 1932. His first post was as Curate at Willian, Hertfordshire.[4] Subsequently, he embarked on a long spell as a missionary[5] in Sichuan Province[6] at West China Union University,[7] where he worked as a lecturer. During his stay in Sichuan, he became chaplain to Bishop C. T. Song and assistant secretary for the Church Missionary Society.[1] In 1942 he married Imogene Ward, the daughter of American Methodist missionaries. From 1947 to 1948 he studied at Union Theological Seminary, New York.[1] From 1961 until 1962 he was principal of the Church Missionary Society[8] when he was elevated to the episcopate,[9] a post he held until his retirement to York. He was ordained into bishop's orders on St James's Day 1962 (25 July), by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, at York Minster.[10]

See also

• Anglicanism in Sichuan

Notes

1. Murray, Jocelyn. "Douglas Noel Sargent (1907—1979)". Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Christianity. Retrieved 27 April 2023.
2. "National Portrait Gallery Details". npg.org.uk. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
3. Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
5. The making of a missionary Sargent, D.N: London Hodder & Stoughton 1960
6. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions Angerson, G.H., New York, Macmillan Reference USA, 1998 ISBN 0-02-864604-5
7. "Dickinson-in-China: West China Union University". chronicles.dickinson.edu. Retrieved 23 January 2020.
8. Deep impression on the trainees
9. The Times, Wednesday, 14 March 1962; p. 14; Issue 55339; col E Ecclesiastical News Bishop Suffragan Of Selby
10. "New bishops at York". Church Times. No. 5190. 3 August 1962. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 27 January 2025 – via UK Press Online archives.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Carey Frederick Knyvett	Bishop of Selby 1962–1971	Succeeded by Morris Henry St John Maddocks