Philip Welsford Richmond Russell (born 21 October 1919, Cowies Hill, South Africa) was the Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa from 1980 to 1986. Originally trained as a quantity surveyor he served in World War II as part of a bomb disposal unit in the South African engineering corps it was during this time he felt the call to priesthood and became interested in the Institute of Race Relations. As a parish priest in country towns, he started expressing his doubts about apartheid in sermons. A church council in 1962 was the first time he saw black people and white people sitting together and talking. He served on the council of Diakona, an interdenominational body which was very active in the both the spiritual and social service sides of Christian life.