Bishop Blackie, Dean of Rochester 1937-43

Bishop Blackie Dean of Rochester 1937-43

A white stone memorial to Dean Blackie is located on the east wall of the south quire transept.

W.C.H. King, 1948. Inscription recording offices held by Bishop Blackie, Dean of Rochester, 1937-43, died 5th March 1943. Polished white stone mural tablet, with a small relief of a pilgrim. Inscription in incised Roman capitals, painted red. Per Spiritum Impulses

Inscription

In Loving Memory Of
Ernest Morell Blackie
Bishop. Sometime Chaplain To
H. M. King George V. Minor Canon
Of This Cathedral From 1892 To 1900.
Bishop Suffragan of Grantham.
First Bishop Suffragan Of Grimsby
1955. Dean Of Rochester From 1937
Until His Death On 5 March 1943.
Nobis Decanus, Ailis Episcopus,
Omnium Amicus.

References

Friends' Report 1948, p13.

Physick No 55.