Guy Sanderson

Wilfrid Guy Sanderson[1] was Anglican Bishop of Plymouth from 1962 to 1972.[2]

He was born on 17 August 1905[3] and educated at Malvern and Merton College, Oxford. After ordination he was a curate at Farnborough, Hampshire[4] and then priest in charge of St Aidan’s Aldershot.[5] After this he had incumbencies at Woodham, Surrey, Alton, Hampshire, Silverton, Devon and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Barnstaple where he was also archdeacon of the region.[6] He died on 22 July 1988.

Notes

  1. Torbay & District Organists' Association – St Petroc, South Brent
  2. The Times, 26 June 1962, p. 14, "Ecclesiastical News: Next Bishop Of Plymouth"
  3. “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. History of Aldershot churches
  6. Who was Who (ibid)
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Norman Harry Clarke
Bishop of Plymouth (Anglican)
1962–1972
Succeeded by
Richard Fox Cartwright