The Rt. Rev. Roger Plumpton Wilson, KCVO[1] (3 August 1905 – 1 March 2002) was Bishop of Wakefield[2][3] and later Chichester [4] in the mid 20th century. Born into an ecclesiastical family,[5] he was educated at Winchester College and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1936.[6] After curacies at St Paul’s, Prince’s Park, Liverpool and St John's, Smith Square he was Vicar of South Shore, Blackpool and Archdeacon of Nottingham before his elevation to the Episcopate.
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| Preceded by Henry McGowan |
Bishop of Wakefield 1949 – 1958 |
Succeeded by John Alexander Ramsbotham |
| Preceded by George Kennedy Allen Bell |
Bishop of Chichester 1958 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Eric Waldram Kemp |