Edward James Keymer Roberts
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Edwards James Keymer Roberts was an Anglican Bishop who held three separate appointments between 1956 and 1977[1]. Born in 1908 he was educated at Marlborough and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained priest in 1932[2]. After a Curacy at All Saints, Margaret Street[3] in central London and four years as Vice Principal of Cuddesdon he was to spend a long period in the Diocese of Portsmouth as successively Examining Chaplain to the Bishop, Vicar of St Matthew’s Southsea and Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight (then Portsmouth) before elevation to the Episcopate in 1956[4]. After six years in Wiltshire he was translated to Kensington and after a short period Ely. in 1977 he retired to his former Isle of Wight parish and died on 29 June 2001.
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| Preceded by Ivor Stanley Watkins |
Bishop of Malmesbury 1956 – 1962 |
Succeeded by Clifford Leofric Purdy |
| Preceded by Cyril Easthaugh |
Bishop of Kensington 1962 – 1964 |
Succeeded by Ronald Cedric Osbourne Goodchild |
| Preceded by Noel Baring Hudson |
Bishop of Ely 1964 – 1977 |
Succeeded by Peter Knight Walker |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Who’s Who London, A & C Black,1992 ISBN 0713635142
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0108153674
- ^ Church web-site
- ^ The Times, Wednesday, Jul 25, 1956; pg. 10; Issue 53592; col F New Bishop Of Malmesbury
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