Thomas Strong (bishop)

Thomas Strong (bishop)

Thomas Banks Strong GBE, BD (24 October 1861 – 8 July 1944) was an English theologian who was Bishop of Ripon and Oxford. He was also Dean of Christ Church, Oxford and served as Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University during the First World War.

Thomas Strong was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church, Oxford, where he received a 2nd class degree in Literae Humaniores in 1883. At Christ Church, Strong was successively Lecturer (1884), Student (1888), Censor (1892), and then Dean (1901–1920). He became a deacon in 1885, a priest in 1886, then Bishop of Ripon (1920–1925) and Bishop of Oxford (1925–1937).

Strong produced a number of theological publications. He became a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE) in 1918. He was buried at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, where there is a memorial stone with a Latin inscription.