Frank Bentley (priest)

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Frank William Henry Bentley (born 4 March 1934) was Archdeacon of Worcester [1] from 1984 to 1999.

Bentley was educated at Yeovil School and King's College London. He was ordained deacon in 1958 and priest in 1959 . [2] After a curacy in Shepton Mallet he held incumbencies in Babcary, Wiveliscombe and St Johns, Worcester [3] before his Archdeacon’s appointment.

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References

  1. Norton Church web site
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1959-60 Oxford, OUP, 1999 p86
  3. ‘BENTLEY, Ven. Frank William Henry’, 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 9 Sept 2013
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Worcester
1984–1999
Succeeded by