Michael Paton (priest)

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The Venerable Michael John Macdonald Paton was an eminent Anglican priest and author [1] in the 20th century. [2]

Paton was born on 25 November 1922, [3] and educated at Repton and Magdalen College, Oxford. After service with the Indian Army and the Foreign Office, [4] he was ordained in 1954. [5] He was a curate at All Saints’, Gosforth and then held incumbencies at St Chad's, Sheffield and St Mark's, Broomhill. In 1978 he was appointed Archdeacon of Sheffield, a post he held for nine years. He died on 6 November 2016. [6]

References

  1. ↑ Amongst others he wrote “Essays in Anglican Self-criticism”, 1958; “More Sermons from Great St Mary’s”, 1971; “Religion and Medicine”, 1976; and “Mud and Stars”, 1991 > British Library website accessed 15:22 GMT 5 July 2011
  2. ↑ Genealogical web site
  3. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN   978-0-19-954087-7
  4. ↑ London Gazette
  5. ↑ Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN (invalid) 0108153674 alternate version: ISBN   0-19-200008-X OCLC   25885092 OCLC   59162245
  6. ↑ "Michael Paton's Obituary on The Star". The Star. Archived from the original on 21 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
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