The Rt Rev Vernon Sampson Nicholls (1917-1996) was Bishop of Sodor and Man[1] from 1974 to 1983.[2]
He was born in Truro [3] on 3 September 1917 [4] and educated at Truro School and Durham University. He studied for ordination at Clifton Theological Coll and was ordained in 1941 [5] and held Curacies at Bedminster Down, Bristol, and at Liskeard in Cornwall.[6] He was a temporary Chaplain to the Forces from 1944 to 1946. Later he was Vicar of Meopham[7] then Rural Dean of Walsall. From 1967 to 1974 he was Archdeacon of Birmingham when he was elevated to the Episcopate.[8] From 1980 he was also Dean of the newly created Peel Cathedral. He died on 2 February 1996 in Stratford-on-Avon.
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| Preceded by George Eric Gordon |
Bishop of Sodor and Man 1974–1983 |
Succeeded by Arthur Henry Attwell |