Arthur Smith (priest)

Arthur Cyril Smith , VRD was an Anglican priest, who served as Archdeacon of Lincoln from 1960 to 1976;[1] and also a member of the General Synod from 1970 to 1976.[2]

He was educated at St. John's College, University of Manitoba, the University of Sheffield and Westcott House, Cambridge; and ordained in 1935. After a curacies in Keighley and Bishop's Hatfield he was a Chaplain in the RNVR during World War Two. When peace returned he became Rector of South Ormsby, a post he held until 1960.[3]

References

  1. ↑ ‘Smith, Ven. Arthur’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 17 Oct 2014
  2. ↑ Telegraph obituary
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2000/01 p673: London, CHurch House, 2000 ISBN 0-7151-8106-8
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Kenneth Healey		 Archdeacon of Lincoln
1960–1976 		Succeeded by
Michael Edgar Adie