Vernon Nicholls

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

v t e Deans of Peel Bishop-Deans Norman Straton Thomas Drury Denton Thompson Charles Thornton-Duesbury William Stanton Jones John Taylor Benjamin Pollard Eric Gordon Vernon Nicholls Arthur Attwell Noel Jones Graeme Knowles Robert Patterson Deans Nigel Godfrey

v t e Bishops of Sodor and Man High Medieval Roolwer William Wimund John Gamaliel Reginald of Norway Christian Orcadensis Michael Nicholas de Meaux Reginald John Simon Orcadensis Lawrence Richard Mark of Galloway Late Medieval Allen of Galloway Gilbert McLelland Bernard of Kilwinning Thomas de Rossy William Russell John Dongan Robert Waldby Conrad John Burghersh John Seyr Richard Pully Robert Green Thomas Burton Thomas Angus Richard Oldham Huan Hisketh Early modern Thomas Stanley John Howden Robert Ferrar Henry Mann Thomas Stanley John Salisbury James Stanley John Merick George Lloyd John Phillips William Forster Richard Parr Thomas Kirkham Samuel Rutter Isaac Barrow Henry Bridgeman John Lake Baptist Levinz Thomas Wilson Mark Hiddesley Richard Richmond George Mason Claudius Crigan Late modern George Murray William Ward James Bowstead Henry Pepys Thomas Short Walter Shirley The Lord Auckland Horatio Powys Rowley Hill John Bardsley Norman Straton Thomas Drury Denton Thompson Charles Thornton-Duesbury William Stanton Jones John Taylor Benjamin Pollard Eric Gordon Vernon Nicholls Arthur Attwell Noel Jones Graeme Knowles Robert Patterson

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Name	Nicholls, Vernon Sampson
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Short description	British bishop
Date of birth	1917
Place of birth
Date of death	1996
Place of death