The Very Reverend Christopher Russell Campling was an eminent Anglican priest in the latter part of the 20th century. He was born on 4 July 1925 and educated at Lancing College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[1] Ordained in 1952 he began his career with a curacy in Basingstoke[2] after which he was a Minor Canon at Ely Cathedral.[3] He was then appointed Chaplain of his old school. Subsequently Vicar, then Rural Dean of Pershore his next appointment was as Archdeacon of Dudley - a post he held until his appointment as Dean of Ripon in 1984.[4] An eminent author,[5] he retired to Worthing after 11 year, where he wrote his memoir 'I Was Glad'.
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Preceded by Frederick Edwin Le Grice |
Dean of Ripon 1984 – 1995 |
Succeeded by John Alan Robert Methuen |
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