The Rt Rev Basil Arthur O’Ferrall CB, MA was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.[1]
He was born on 24 August 1924[2] and educated at St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School, Dublin and Trinity College in the same city. He was ordained in 1948 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Patrick’s, Coleraine[3] after which he became a naval chaplain. He served on amongst others HMS Victory, HMS Ganges , HMS Adamant and HMS Victorious before becoming Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy, a post he held from 1975 to 1980. An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, he was Vicar of Ranworth with Woodbastwick[4] before becoming Dean of Jersey in 1985.[5] He retired in 1993; and died on 23 June 2006
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| Preceded by Chandos Clifford Hastings Mansel Morgan |
Chaplain of the Fleet 1975 –1980 |
Succeeded by Raymond Harcourt Roberts |
| Preceded by Thomas Ashworth Goss |
Dean of Jersey 1985–1993 |
Succeeded by John Nicholas Shtetinin Seaford |
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