Peter Spencer Dawes was the fifth Bishop of Derby.[1] Born on 5 February 1928 and educated at Aldenham School and Hatfield College, Durham,[2] he was ordained in 1955. His career began with curacies at St Andrew’s, Whitehall Park[3] and St Ebbe’s, Oxford. Then he was a Tutor at Clifton Theological College, Vicar of the Good Shepherd, Romford, [4] and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) Archdeacon of West Ham.
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| Preceded by Cyril William Johnston Bowles |
Bishop of Derby 1988 – 1995 |
Succeeded by Jonathan Sansbury Bailey |
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