Ely Theological College

Ely Theological College was a school in Ely, Cambridgeshire, for training clergy in the Church of England. Founded in 1876 [1] by James Woodford, Anglican Bishop of Ely, [2] the college had a strong Anglo-Catholic tradition.[3] Ely's "ritualistic" (i.e. "Catholic") tendencies were attacked by Mr Samuel Smith MP[4] in a House of Commons debate in 1899.[5] The college closed in 1964.

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Ely Theological College, about 1960.

Notable alumni

  • Vigo Auguste Demant, Regius Professor of Moral and Pastoral Theology at Oxford University
  • Alec Graham, Bishop of Newcastle
  • Henry Ernest Hardy, also known as “Father Andrew”, co-founding friar of the Society of Divine Compassion, parish priest serving the East End of London
  • Brian Brindley, Anglo-Catholic canon and later convert to Roman Catholicism[6]

Notes and references

  1. ↑ Dowland 1997, p. 5.
  2. ↑ Ollard 1919, p. 590.
  3. ↑ Symondson 2004, p. 82.
  4. ↑ Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by S. Smith
  5. ↑ "THIRD DAY'S DEBATE". Hansard. 9 February 1899. p. 345. Retrieved 2016-06-01.
  6. ↑ "Brian Brindley". The Independent. 4 August 2018. Retrieved 2 September 2018.

  • Dowland, David A. (1997). Nineteenth-century Anglican Theological Training: The Redbrick Challenge. Clarendon Press. ISBN 978-0-19-826929-8.
  • Ollard, Sidney Leslie (1919). A Dictionary of English Church History. Morehouse Publishing Company.
  • Symondson, Anthony (2004). "Renovating Heaven and Adjusting the Stars". In Damian Thompson. Loose Canon: A Portrait of Brian Brindley. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-8264-7418-6.

Coordinates: 52°24′N 0°16′E / 52.40°N 0.26°E / 52.40; 0.26


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