Ivor Stanley Watkins
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Ivor Stanley Watkins was an Anglican Bishop who served in two posts[1] between 1946 and his death in October, 1960. Born in 1896 he was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge and ordained in 1924[2]. Following a Curacy in Bedminster he rose steadily in the Church hierarchy being successively Vicar of St Gregory’s Horsfield, Rural Dean then Archdeacon of Bristol before elevation to the Diocese’s Suffragan Bishopric . After a decade at Malmesbury he was translated to Guildford where “in a short time he won the hearts and minds of both clergy and laity by his active and diligent pastoral ministry[3].
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| Preceded by Ronald Erskine Ramsay |
Bishop of Malmesbury 1946 – 1956 |
Succeeded by Edwards James Keymer Roberts |
| Preceded by Henry Colville Montgomery Campbell |
Bishop of Guildford 1956 – 1960 |
Succeeded by George Reindorp |
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Times, Wednesday, Jul 25, 1956; pg. 10; Issue 53592; col F Bishop Watkins to be new Bishop of Guildford
- ^ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X)
- ^ The Times ,Tuesday, Oct 25, 1960; pg. 13; Issue 54911; col A Bishop Of Guildford Obituary Rt. Rev. I. S. Watkins
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