Francis Chavasse, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Anglican bishop
Date of Birth: 27-Sep-1846
Place of Birth: Sutton Coldfield, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 11-Mar-1928
Profession: priest
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Libra 
About Francis Chavasse
- Francis James Chavasse (27 September 1846 – 11 March 1928) was an Anglican priest and bishop.
- After serving in parishes in Preston, London, and Oxford, for eleven years from 1889 he was principal of the evangelical theological college Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.
- In 1900 he was appointed as the second Bishop of Liverpool and held the see from 1900 to 1923, during which time he played a large part in the commissioning and the early phases of construction of Liverpool Cathedral. A lifelong member of the evangelical wing of the Church of England, Chavasse strove to unite all strands of Anglicanism and was widely accepted by members of the high-church tradition within his diocese. After retiring as Bishop of Liverpool in 1923, Chavasse returned to Oxford, where he was the guiding spirit of the establishment of a new academic institution admitting undergraduates of modest means.
- This opened in 1929, a year after his death, as St Peter's Hall, and was later given full collegiate status as St Peter's College.
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