Ralph De Voil

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Ralph De Voil was a priest who worked as a missionary for the Anglican Church in Melanesia.

De Voil was born at Clifton, Bristol on 10 January 1903; and educated at the University of Leeds and the College of the Resurrection. He was ordained deacon in 1928 and priest in 1929. [1] After a curacy in Oxhey he went out to Melanesia in 1931 and was Archdeacon of Northern Melanesia from 1934 to 1937. [2] He served the Scottish Episcopal Church from 1937 to 1941, firstly in Aberdeen, then in Clydebank. [3] He was Vicar of Mickley, North Yorkshire from 1941 to 1945; of Winterton from 1945 to 1948; and Castleton, North Yorkshire from 1948 to 1950. He then went out to Australia where he served in Chinchilla, Brisbane and Beaudesert.

De Voil died at Brisbane on 1 Mar 1977.

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References

  1. "Crockford's Clerical Directory 1963/4 p254
  2. Blain, Michael (2019). Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific — ordained before 1932 (PDF) via Project Canterbury. pp59/60
  3. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M p233: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN   0-567-08746-8