William Haworth (priest)

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William Haworth (1880 - 1960) was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway from 1946 to 1959. [1]

Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway

The Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It covers Dumfries and Galloway, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire, Dunbartonshire, Renfrewshire and west Stirlingshire. The diocesan centre is St. Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow.

He was born on 30 March 1880, [2] educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge; [3] and ordained deacon in 1903, and priest in 1904. [4] After curacies in Tynemouth and Elswick he was priest in charge of Bridge of Weir. He was the Rector of St George, Glasgow from 1920 until 1943; and then Largs from 1944 until 1959.

Emmanuel College, Cambridge college of the University of Cambridge

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Deacon ministry in the Christian Church

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Priest person authorized to lead the sacred rituals of a religion (for a minister use Q1423891)

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He died on 13 February 1960. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M p596: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN   0-567-08746-8
  2. ↑ Bertie (Ibid) p291
  3. ↑ Venn Database
  4. ↑ Crockfords (London, Horace Cox , 1908) p 651
  5. ↑ "Very Rev. W. Haworth", The Times (London, England), 15 February 1960, p. 14.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Philip Charles Lempriere 		Glasgow and Galloway
1946–1959		Succeeded by
Eric Hugh Brereton



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