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Alan Avery Allen Horsley is a retired Anglican priest and author [1] in the 20th century.

Priest person authorized to lead the sacred rituals of a religion (for a minister use Q1423891)

A priest or priestess is a religious leader authorized to perform the sacred rituals of a religion, especially as a mediatory agent between humans and one or more deities. They also have the authority or power to administer religious rites; in particular, rites of sacrifice to, and propitiation of, a deity or deities. Their office or position is the priesthood, a term which also may apply to such persons collectively.

He was born on 13 May 1936, educated at St Chad's College, Durham [2] and Queen's College, Edgbaston and ordained in 1961. [3] His first posts were curacies in Daventry, Reading and Wokingham. He then held incumbencies at Yeadon, Heyford and Stowe, Oakham and Lanteglos-by-Fowey. He was Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness from 1988 to 1991 [4] and finally Rural Dean of Rickmansworth until his retirement in 2001.

Curate person who is invested with the care or cure (cura) of souls of a parish

A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure (cura) of souls of a parish. In this sense, "curate" correctly means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term curate is commonly used to describe clergy who are assistants to the parish priest. The duties or office of a curate are called a curacy.

Daventry market town in Northamptonshire, England

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Reading, Berkshire Place in England

Reading is a large, historic university and minster town in Berkshire, England, of which it is now the county town. It is in the Thames Valley at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, and on both the Great Western Main Line railway and the M4 motorway. Reading is 70 miles (110 km) east of Bristol, 24 miles (39 km) south of Oxford, 40 miles (64 km) west of London, 14 miles (23 km) north of Basingstoke, 12 miles (19 km) south-west of Maidenhead and 15 miles (24 km) east of Newbury as the crow flies.

Notes

  1. Amongst others he wrote " A Lent Course", 1967; "Lent with St Luke", 1978,; "Action at Lanteglos and Polruan", 1987; "The Parish Church at Mill End, Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire", 2000; and "Forty-One Men", 2008> British Library website accessed 19:09 GMT 17 January 2011
  2. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN   9780713672572
  3. Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN   0108153673
  4. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN   0567087468
Religious titles
Preceded by
William Gordon Reid
Provost of St Andrew's Cathedral, Inverness
1988 to 1991
Succeeded by
Malcolm Etheridge Grant


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