| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | MS 4806 |
| Extent | 217 ff. |
| Title | Papers concerning the Council for the Defence of Church Principles, mainly regarding the Church of South India. |
| Date | 1944-1956 |
| Description | Included are papers concerning the ordination by the Bishop of Hong Kong of Florence Lei Tim Oi, the first women priest, 1944 (ff. 24-33, 133, including correspondence with William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury and a copy of letter from Bruce to Ronald Owen Hall, Bishop of Hong Kong). Also included is correspondence with James Edward Lesslie Newbigin, afterwards Bishop in the Church of South India (ff. 106-115, 137-140). |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| GB/109/20396 | Tim-Oi; Florence Li (1907-1992); first Anglican woman priest | 1907-1992 |
| 13 | Temple; William (1881-1944); Archbishop of Canterbury | 1881-1944 |
| DS/UK/3956 | Hall; Ronald Owen (-1975); bishop of Victoria, Hong Kong | -1975 |
| DS/UK/5444 | Newbigin; James Edward Lesslie (1909-1998); Bishop in Madras | 1909-1998 |
| 161 | Committee for the Defence of Church Principles; 1943-1959 | 1943-1959 |