Alan Davis (priest)

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Alan Norman Davis (27 July 1938 – 3 March 2021) was an Anglican priest who was Archdeacon of West Cumberland from 1996 until 2004. [1]

Davis was educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham; Durham University and Lichfield Theological College; and ordained in 1966. [2] After a curacy in Birmingham at St Luke's, Kingstanding (1965–68), [3] he was Priest in charge at St Paul, Sheffield, then Vicar of St James and St Christopher, Shiregreen. He was Team Rector of Maltby from 1980 to 1989; Archbishop of York's Officer for Urban Priority Areas from 1990 to 1992; and Communications Officer for the Diocese of Carlisle from 1992 to 1996. [4]

He died in 2021, aged 82. [5]

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References

  1. "News and Star". Archived from the original on 13 February 2015. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 243.
  4. 'DAVIS, Ven. Alan Norman', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, Nov 2014 accessed 13 Feb 2015
  5. "Church Times: "Deaths", 12 March 2021" . Retrieved 13 March 2021.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of West Cumberland
19962004
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