Geoffrey Tiarks

The Rt Rev Geoffrey Lewis Tiarks (8 October 1909 - 14 January 1987) was Bishop of Maidstone in the latter part of the 20th century.^[1] He was also the godfather of Peter Phillips.^[2]

Born the son of the Rev Lewis Hermann Tiarks into an ecclesiastical family^[3] on 8 October 1909 he was educated at Marlborough College and St John's College, Cambridge.^[4]

Ordained at Southwark Cathedral in 1932 after a Curacy at St Peter’s Walworth^[5] he was for many years a Naval Chaplain.^[6] Following this he served the Church in Rondebosch from 1950 to 1953, as Vicar of Lyme Regis until 1961, as Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight to 1965 and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate), as Archdeacon of Portsmouth.

He retired to Dorset in 1976^[7] and died on 14 January 1987. He had married Betty Lyne and had a son and a daughter.

Notes

• "Genealogy". Retrieved 16 November 2013. 

Church of England titles
Vacant Title last held by Stanley Woodley Betts	Bishop of Maidstone 1969 –1976	Succeeded by Richard Henry McPhail Third

v t e Bishops of Maidstone Leslie Owen Stanley Betts Geoffrey Tiarks Richard Third Bob Hardy David Smith Gavin Reid Graham Cray

v t e Archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth Isle of Wight Francis McDougall Henry Haigh James Macarthur, Bishop of Southampton Lewen Tugwell Robert McKew Hampton Weekes Edward Roberts Alexander Cory Geoffrey Tiarks Ron Scruby Freddie Carpenter Tony Turner Mervyn Banting Trevor Reader Caroline Baston Peter Sutton Portsmouth (until 1999) & Portsdown (since 1999) Neville Lovett Harold Rodgers Harold Hyde-Lees Arthur Kitching Edward Roberts Michael Peck Geoffrey Tiarks Christopher Prior Ron Scruby Norman Crowder Graeme Knowles Christopher Lowson (became Archdeacon of Portsdown) Christopher Lowson, Archdeacon of Portsdown Trevor Reader, Archdeacon of Portsdown Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown The Meon Peter Hancock Gavin Collins

v t e Archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth Isle of Wight Francis McDougall Henry Haigh James Macarthur, Bishop of Southampton Lewen Tugwell Robert McKew Hampton Weekes Edward Roberts Alexander Cory Geoffrey Tiarks Ron Scruby Freddie Carpenter Tony Turner Mervyn Banting Trevor Reader Caroline Baston Peter Sutton Portsmouth (until 1999) & Portsdown (since 1999) Neville Lovett Harold Rodgers Harold Hyde-Lees Arthur Kitching Edward Roberts Michael Peck Geoffrey Tiarks Christopher Prior Ron Scruby Norman Crowder Graeme Knowles Christopher Lowson (became Archdeacon of Portsdown) Christopher Lowson, Archdeacon of Portsdown Trevor Reader, Archdeacon of Portsdown Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown The Meon Peter Hancock Gavin Collins

Persondata
Name	Tiarks, Geoffrey Lewis
Alternative names
Short description	British bishop
Date of birth	1909
Place of birth
Date of death	1987
Place of death