Geoffrey Warde
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Geoffrey Hodgson Warde was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[1]
He was born on 23 August 1889 and educated at Tonbridge School and Keble College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1915, he was a curate at St Pancras before wartime service as a Chaplain to the Forces, after which he was Priest in Charge at All Saints, Pimlico[3] and then Vicar of St Mark's, Regent's Park.[4] From 1922 to 1928 he was Deputy Priest-in-Ordinary to the King and then Dean of Gibraltar.[5] Returning to England in 1933 he became Rural Dean of Grantham then Archdeacon of Carlisle [6] before his last appointment as Bishop of Lewes. He retired in 1959[7] and died on 20 May 1972.
Notes
- ↑ Role overseas
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ History of churches in area
- ↑ Church web-site
- ↑ Deans of Gibraltar
- ↑ Ecclesiastical News New Archdeacon Of Carlisle The Times Friday, Aug 04, 1944; pg. 7; Issue 49926; col B
- ↑ Bishop Suffragan Of Lewes to retire The Times Friday, Aug 07, 1959; pg. 10; Issue 54533; col C
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| Preceded by James Cropper |
Dean of Gibraltar 1928 – 1933 |
Succeeded by Walter Kenrick Knight-Adkin |
| Preceded by Grandage Edwards Powell |
Archdeacon of Carlisle 1944 – 1946 |
Succeeded by Alexander Chisholm |
| Preceded by Hugh Maudslay Hordern |
Bishop of Lewes 1946 – 1959 |
Succeeded by James Herbert Lloyd Morrell |
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