| Type: | Bishop |
| Honorific Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
| Frederick Darwent | |
| Bishop Emeritus of Aberdeen and Orkney | |
| Church: | Scottish Episcopal Church |
| Elected: | 1976 |
| Term: | 1976-1991 |
| Retired: | --> |
| Predecessor: | Ian Begg |
| Successor: | Bruce Cameron |
| Ordination: | 1963 |
| Consecration: | 1976 |
| Consecrated By: | Francis Moncreiff |
| Birth Date: | 20 April 1927 |
| Birth Place: | Liverpool, England |
| Nationality: | English |
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Frederick Charles Darwent (20 April 1927 – 15 January 2020) was bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney, from 1976 to 1991.[1] [2]
Born in Liverpool, Darwent was educated at Ormskirk Grammar School. After military service in the Far East with the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers he was ordained Deacon in 1961; and Priest in 1963.[3] He was a Curate in Wigan then held incumbencies in Strichen, New Pitsligo and Fraserburgh. He was made a Canon of St Andrew's Cathedral, Aberdeen in 1971; and was Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney from 1973 to 1978. He was also a JP in Aberdeen from 1989 to 1996. He died in January 2020 at the age of 92.[4]