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- ↑ Photograph captioned "Revd Canon ANTHONY PRIDDIS, Bishop of Warwick (At Southwark Cathedral after his Consecration) ... 03.07.1996 (Accessed 26 April 2014)
- ↑ Diocese of Hereford — Bishop's Office
- 1 2 BBC News — Bishop's Blogs for Dioceses of Worcester and Hereford
- ↑ "Priddis, Anthony Martin" . Who's Who . Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 26 April 2014.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ↑ Church of England — Bishop of Hereford Archived June 14, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Profile of Anthony Priddis, BBC
- ↑ "Bishop of Hereford retires from role after nine years". BBC News. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ↑ BBC News (2007-04-01) "Gay man takes bishop to tribunal". Retrieved on 2007-04-09
- ↑ Hereford case: judgement published Thinking Anglicans website (accessed 18 July 2007)
- ↑ Bishop loses gay employment case BBC News website (accessed 18 July 2007)
- ↑ Bishop urged to resign after diocese loses gay bias case The Guardian 19 July 2007
- 1 2 Thinking Anglicans digest of news reports 8 February 2008
- ↑ "Bishop 'bigot' claim over gay row", BBC News website, 2 November 2007, retrieved 18 December 2011.
- ↑ "Bishop defends transsexual curate", BBC website.
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