Eric Wall

The Rt Rev Eric St Quintin Wall (19 April 1915 – 11 April 2011^[1]) was the second Bishop of Huntingdon from 1972^[2] to 1980 and from then on an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Gloucester. The son of a clergyman,^[3] he was born on 19 April 1915 and educated at Clifton College and Brasenose College, Oxford. Ordained in 1939 he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Boston, Lincolnshire ^[4] after which he was a World War II chaplain in the RAFVR. When peace returned he held incumbencies at Malmesbury, Cricklade ^[5] and then finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) at Westbury Park, Bristol.

Notes

1. ↑ http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=111376
2. ↑ The Times, Thursday, 23 Mar 1972; pg. 19; Issue 58434; col E D-Day chaplains are made bishops suffragan
3. ↑ The Rev. Sydney Herbert Wall Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
5. ↑ List of incumbents

Church of England titles
Preceded by Robert Arnold Schürhoff Martineau	Bishop of Huntingdon 1972–1980	Succeeded by William Gordon Roe

v t e Bishops of Huntingdon Robert Martineau Eric Wall Gordon Roe John Flack John Inge David Thomson

Persondata
Name	Wall, Eric St Quintin
Alternative names
Short description	British bishop
Date of birth	19 April 1915
Place of birth
Date of death	11 April 2011
Place of death