Herbert Gresford Jones

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Herbert Gresford Jones (1870 - 1958) was the third Suffragan Bishop of Warrington [1]. Born on 7 April 1870 and educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, Cambridge [2], he was ordained in 1894[3]. He began his career with a Curacy at St Helen's Parish Church, Sefton[4] before Incumbencies at St Michael's-in-the-Hamlet, Liverpool and St John’s. From there he rose rapidly being successively Rural Dean of Bradford, Archdeacon of Sheffield and finally from 1927 a long serving Suffragan Bishop. A firm friend to churches overseas[5] he retired 18 years later and died on 22 June 1958. His son was also a Bishop.

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  1. ^ The Times, Monday, Oct 10, 1927; pg. 17; Issue 44708; col C Ecclesiastical News. New Suffragan Bishop of Warrington
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
  3. ^ The Times, Saturday, Jun 30, 1894; pg. 19; Issue 34304; col F Ordinations. Liverpool
  4. ^ Church details
  5. ^ His publications included "Foreign Missions and the Modern Mind" (1905) and "Uganda in Transformation" (1926)
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Edwin Hone Kempson		 Bishop of Warrington
1927 – 1945		 Succeeded by
Charles Robert Claxton
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