Ronald Cedric Osbourne Goodchild
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Ronald Cedric Osbourne Goodchild was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Kensington between 1964 and 1980[1]. Born in 1910 he was educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead and Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained priest in 1934[2]. After a Curacy at Ealing he was Chaplain at Oakham School before wartime service with the RAFVR[3]. When peace returned he rose steadily in the Church hierarchy being successively Warden of St Michael House, Hamburg , Secretary of the Student Christian Movement, Vicar of Horsham and finally Archdeacon of Northampton before elevation to the Episcopate in 1964[4]. In retirement he served as an Assistant Bishop at Exeter and died on 28 December 1998[5]
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| Preceded by Edwards James Keymer Roberts |
Bishop of Kensington 1964 – 1980 |
Succeeded by Mark Santer |
[edit] Notes
- ^ Who’s Who London, A & C Black,1992 ISBN 0713635142
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0108153674
- ^ He was Mentioned in Despatches in 1944; and again in 1945
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Jan 30, 1964; pg. 14; Issue 55922; col D Ecclesiastical News Next Bishop Of Kensington
- ^ Independent, The (London), Jan 12, 1999 (Obituary)
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