David Banfield (priest)

David John Banfield (b 25 June 1933 - 2 October 2014^[1]) was Archdeacon of Bristol^[2] from 1990 until 1998.

Banfield was educated at Yeovil School ^[3] and the London College of Divinity. He was ordained deacon in 1957 and priest in 1958 .^[4] After a curacy in Middleton, Greater Manchester he was the Chaplain of Scargill House from 1962 to 1967. He was Vicar of Addiscombe; then Luton before his Archdeacon’s appointment.

References

↑ http://www.bristol.anglican.org/2014/david-john-banfield/
↑ National Archives
↑ ‘BANFIELD, Ven. David John’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 9 Sept 2013
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1959-60 Oxford, OUP, 1999 p51

Church of England titles
Preceded by Anthony James Balmforth	Archdeacon of Bristol 1990–1998	Succeeded by Timothy Elston McClure

Archdeacons of Bristol

Gloucester & Bristol diocese	Thomas Thorp Henry Randall John Norris Hemming Robeson

Bristol diocese	Hemming Robeson Ravenscroft Stewart James Tetley Charles Dickinson William Welchman Charles Alford Ivor Watkins Percy Reddick Leslie Williams Anthony Balmforth David Banfield Tim McClure The Archdeacon of Malmesbury (Acting)

Diocese of Bristol

Bristol Cathedral Bishop's Office, Bristol Hillside House, Bristol

Office holders	The Bishop of Bristol, Mike Hill The Bishop suffragan of Swindon, Lee Rayfield AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Bristol, David Hoyle The Archdeacon of Malmesbury & Acting Archdeacon of Bristol, Christine Froude

Historic offices	Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol (1836–1897; see Diocese of Gloucester and Bristol) Bishop suffragan of Malmesbury (1927–1994; renamed to Swindon) Archdeacon of Dorset (1542–1836; returned to Salisbury) Archdeacon of North Wilts (1904–1919; renamed to Swindon) Archdeacon of Swindon (1919–1999; renamed to Malmesbury)