The Rt Rev Charles Keith Kipling Prosser (known as Keith;[1] 1897–1954) was the fifth Bishop of Burnley from 1950 until 1954. Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham he served during World War I with the Royal Garrison Artillery[2] after which he studied at Queens' College, Cambridge before ordaination in 1923. Successively Curate of Bishop Latimer’s Church, Birmingham,[3] Rector of Alert Bay, British Columbia and Rural Dean of Leigh he ascended to the Episcopate in 1950.[4] He died in post four years later.[5]
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| Preceded by Edgar Priestley Swain |
Bishop of Burnley 1950 – 1954 |
Succeeded by George Edward Holderness |
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