Person
Christopher Bethell
- Slug
- christopher-bethell-484
- Alternative names
- Right Reverend Doctor, Lord Bishop of Exeter, Bishop of Bangor
- Gender
- Assigned male at birth
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Ethnicity
- White
- Languages
- English
- Occupations
- Bishop
Born in 1773, Bethell was highly highly educated, and he rose through the clergy, with the Duke of Wellington transferring him to the more lucrative see of Exeter on 8 April 1830 and again, on 28 October in the same year, to the still more lucrative see of Bangor, which he held up to the time of his death. His inability to speak Welsh hindered his time as Bishop of Bangor, and throughout his life he identified with the High Church party.