| Stuart Blanch | |
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| Archbishop of York | |
Blanch as Bishop of Liverpool |
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| Enthroned | 1975 |
| Reign ended | 1983 |
| Predecessor | Donald Coggan |
| Successor | John Habgood |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 February 1918 Lydney, England |
| Died | 3 June 1994 (aged 76) Banbury, England |
Stuart Yarworth Blanch, Baron Blanch, PC (2 February 1918 – 3 June 1994) was Bishop of Liverpool from 1966 to 1975, when he was invested as a Privy Counsellor and enthroned as Archbishop of York in the same year, holding the post until 1983.
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Blanch was born at Lydney in the Forest of Dean and attended Alleyn's School, Dulwich. During World War Two he served in the RAF as a navigator, flying with Transport Command. Part of his service took him to India, where he visited the Dohnavur Fellowship and met the renowned missionary Amy Carmichael. On demobilisation Blanch went up to Oxford and was ordained in 1949. He served five years as a vicar, then successively held the posts of vice-Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and Warden of Rochester Theological College. In 1981 he held the role of Edward Alleyn Club President,[1] the alumni association for his former school. On 5 September 1983, he was made a life peer, being created Baron Blanch, of Bishopthorpe in the County of North Yorkshire. He died at a hospice in Banbury in 1994.[2]
| Church of England titles | ||
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| Preceded by Clifford Martin |
Bishop of Liverpool 1966–1975 |
Succeeded by David Sheppard |
| Preceded by Donald Coggan |
Archbishop of York 1975–1983 |
Succeeded by John Habgood |