Ronald Goodchild

Ronald Cedric Osbourne Goodchild  was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Kensington between 1964 and 1980.^[1] Born in 1910 he was educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead and  Trinity College, Cambridge and ordained priest in 1934.^[2] After a Curacy at Ealing he was Chaplain at Oakham School before wartime service with the RAFVR.^[3] When peace returned he rose steadily in the Church hierarchy being successively Warden of St Michael House, Hamburg, Secretary of the Student Christian Movement, Vicar of Horsham and finally Archdeacon of Northampton before elevation to the Episcopate in 1964.^[4] In retirement he served as an Assistant Bishop at Exeter  and died on 28 December 1998^[5]

Notes

^ Who’s Who London, A & C Black,1992 ISBN 0713635142
^ Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0108153674
^ He was Mentioned in Despatches in 1944; and again in 1945
^ The Times, Thursday, Jan 30, 1964; pg. 14; Issue 55922; col D Ecclesiastical News Next Bishop Of Kensington
^ Independent, The (London), Jan 12, 1999 (Obituary)

Church of England titles
Preceded by Edwards James Keymer Roberts	Bishop of Kensington 1964 – 1980	Succeeded by Mark Santer

Bishops of Kensington

Frederick Ridgeway • John Maud • Bertram Simpson • Henry Campbell • Cyril Easthaugh • Edward Roberts • Ronald Goodchild • Mark Santer • John Hughes • Michael Colclough • Paul Williams

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Name	Goodchild, Ronald Cedric Osbourne
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Date of birth	1910
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Date of death	1998
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