Christopher Campling
Christopher Russell Campling is a retired Anglican priest who was the Dean of Ripon.[1]
Campling was born on 4 July 1925 and educated at Lancing College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1952 he began his career with a curacy in Basingstoke[3] after which he was a Minor Canon at Ely Cathedral.[4] He was then appointed Chaplain of his old school. Later Vicar then Rural Dean of Pershore, his next appointment was as Archdeacon of Dudley in 1975 — a post he held jointly with his role as director of education for the Anglican Diocese of Worcester and priest-in-charge of St Augustine's Church, Dodderhill, Droitwich. Then, in 1984, he was appointed Dean of Ripon.[5] An eminent author,[6]after 11 years he retired to Worthing[7] where he wrote his memoir, I Was Glad.[8] He continues to preach and lecture occasionally.[9]
References
- ↑ "Campling, Very Rev. Christopher Russell", 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 23 Sept 2013
- ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today: (1992, London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2
- ↑ Crockford's clerical directory Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ The Times, Wednesday, 8 May 09, 1984; p. 16; Issue 61826; col G New Dean of Ripon
- ↑ Amongst others he wrote “The Way, The Truth and The Life” (Vol. 1, The Love of God in Action, 1964; Vol. 2, The People of God in Action, 1964; Vol. 3, The Word of God in Action, 1965; Vol. 4, God's Plan in Action, 1965); “Words of Worship”, 1969; “The Fourth Lesson” (Vol. 1 1973, Vol. 2 1974); and The Food of Love, 1997
- ↑ Churches Together in Sussex No. 81 (2013, Brighton)
- ↑ Campling, Christopher (2005), I Was Glad, London, England: Janus Publishing Co
- ↑ Ripon Cathedral News, January 2011
| Church of England titles | ||
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| Preceded by Frederick Edwin Le Grice |
Dean of Ripon 1984 – 1995 |
Succeeded by John Alan Robert Methuen |