Charles Corfe

Charles John Corfe (1843 – 20 June 1921)[1] was the inaugural Anglican Bishop in Korea from 1889[2] to 1904.

[7] On All Saints' Day (1 November) 1889[8] he was consecrated by Edward White Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury, as missionary bishop of Chosun (Korea, then spelled Corea) in Westminster Abbey[9] and was awarded an honorary DD on his appointment in Korea.

[9] He tendered his resignation to the Archbishop of Canterbury shortly before St James's Day (25 July) 1904, when he wrote a letter to his diocese; by 16 September, the Archbishop had accepted Corfe's resignation and named Arthur Turner his successor.

[11] On his retirement he published an account of his pioneering efforts[12] entitled The Anglican Church in Corea.

[13] Henry Hutchinson Montgomery wrote the biography, Charles John Corfe, Naval Chaplain - Bishop in 1927.