David Frayne was an Anglican priest and Provost of Blackburn Cathedral. [1] [2]
He was educated at Reigate Grammar School and St Edmund Hall, Oxford, and ordained in 1961. [3] He was Curate at St Michael, East Wickham, and then Priest in charge of St Barnabas, Downham. [4] He held incumbencies at The Barn Church, Kew, [5] Caterham, Redcliffe, Bristol, [6] and Bedminster before he was appointed Provost of Blackburn in December 1992.
Frayne retired in September 2001 as Dean following the reclassification of all Provosts the previous year. [7] [8] [9]
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