Basil O'Ferrall

Basil Arthur O’Ferrall CB (24 August 1924 – 23 June 2006) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.[1]

He was born on 24 August 1924[2] and educated at St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School, Dublin and Trinity College in the same city. He was ordained in 1948 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Patrick’s, Coleraine[3] after which he became a naval chaplain. He served on amongst others HMS Victory, HMS Ganges, HMS Adamant and HMS Victorious before becoming Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy, a post he held from 1975 to 1980. An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, he was Vicar of Ranworth with Woodbastwick[4] before becoming Dean of Jersey in 1985.[5] He retired in 1993; and died on 23 June 2006.

Notes and references

  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. Rathlin Church
  4. London Gazette
  5. Societe Jersaise
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Chandos Clifford Hastings Mansel Morgan
Chaplain of the Fleet
1975 1980
Succeeded by
Raymond Harcourt Roberts
Preceded by
Thomas Ashworth Goss
Dean of Jersey
1985–1993
Succeeded by
John Nicholas Shtetinin Seaford