Stanley Booth-Clibborn

Stanley Eric Francis Booth-Clibborn (20 October 1924–6 March 1996^[1]) was an Anglican bishop in the late 20th century.^[2] He was educated at Highgate School. After wartime service with the Royal Artillery and three years at Oriel College, Oxford he was ordained in 1952.^[3] Following a curacy in Heeley he was Training Secretary to the Christian Council of Kenya from 1956–63 and then editor-in-chief of the East African Venture Newspapers, Nairobi. From 1967 he was the Leader of the Lincoln City Centre Team Ministry^[4] and then Vicar of St Mary the Great, University Church, Cambridge^[5] until his ordination to the episcopate. He retired as Bishop of Manchester in November 1992.^[6]

In June 1994 it was reported that, while in Uganda, he was shot in the leg by attackers who demanded money.^[7]

He was the grandson of Arthur Clibborn and Kate Booth, the daughter of Salvation Army founder William Booth.

References

1. ↑ Independent Obituary
2. ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
3. ↑ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
5. ↑ Church web-site
6. ↑ "New bishop announced". Independent. 23 Dec 1992. Retrieved 6 April 2015. 
7. ↑ "Bishop shot". Independent. 4 June 1994. Retrieved 6 April 2015.