Frank McGowan (priest)

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The Ven. Frank McGowan, MBE, MA was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Sarum from 1951 until his death on 21 February 1968.^[1] Born on 7 October 1895, he was educated at St Edmund Hall, Oxford. After World War I service with the Duke of Wellington's Regiment and later the Machine Gun Corps wounded in action he was discharged and awarded a British War Medal, Allied Victory Medal and Discharge badge No 366001. He was ordained in 1923.^[2] He was a curate at St Michael and All Angels, Bournemouth before serving incumbencies at St Mark’s, Birmingham and then St Nicholas, Cholderton until his archdeacon’s appointment.^[3]

References

↑ Obituary The Times (London, England), Friday, 23 Feb 1968; pg. 10; Issue 57183
↑ Crockfords (Oxford, OUP, He was awarded the M.B.E. in 1945 for his services as Honorary Secretary, Church of England Board for the Welfare of Imperial Forces within the Diocese of Salisbury.London Gazette 3 Jan 1945; pg.128; supplement 36869. 1948)
↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7

Church of England titles
Preceded by Percy John Dale	Archdeacon of Sarum 1951–1968	Succeeded by Stephen Basil Wingfield Digby

v t e Archdeacons of Sarum

Francis Lear Harry Carpenter Percy Dale Frank McGowan Basil Wingfield Digby Nigel McCulloch Barney Hopkinson Alan Jeans

v t e Diocese of Salisbury

Salisbury Cathedral Sarum Use Bishop's Palace, Salisbury Church House, Salisbury Sonning Bishop's Palace

Office holders	The Bishop of Salisbury, Nick Holtam The area Bishop of Sherborne, Graham Kings The area Bishop of Ramsbury, Ed Condry AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Salisbury, June Osborne The Archdeacon of Sarum, Alan Jeans The Archdeacon of Sherborne, Paul Taylor The Archdeacon of Dorset, Stephen Waine The Archdeacon of Wilts, Ruth Worsley

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Berkshire (13th century–1836; transferred to Oxford)

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