William Llewellyn (bishop)

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William Somers Llewellyn (16 August 1907 22 July 2001) was the inaugural bishop of Lynn from 1963 [1] until 1972. [2]

Educated at Eton and Balliol, [3] he was deaconed on Trinity Sunday 1935 (16 June) [4] and priest the next Trinity Sunday (7 June 1937) – both times by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London at St Paul's Cathedral [5] – and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Chiswick. [6] From 1940 until 1946 he was a chaplain to the Forces and then vicar of Tetbury, [7] from when on he was to have a deep affinity with the area. [8] Additionally rural dean of the area from 1955, in 1961 he was appointed Archdeacon of Lynn and suffragan bishop a year later: he was consecrated a bishop by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 18 October 1963 at Westminster Abbey. [9] On retirement he continued to serve the church as an assistant bishop within the Diocese of Gloucester.

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References

  1. The Times, Saturday, 19 October 1963; p. 10; Issue 55836; col C Ecclesiastical News New suffragan bishop consecrated
  2. The Times, Thursday, 21 December 1972; p. 4; Issue 58662; col E Resignation of the Bishop of Lynn
  3. Who's Who 1970 London, A & C Black, 1971 ISBN   0-7136-1140-5
  4. "Trinity ordinations" . Church Times . No. 3778. 21 June 1935. p. 757. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 10 October 2019 via UK Press Online archives.
  5. "Trinity ordinations" . Church Times . No. 3829. 12 June 1936. p. 742. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 10 October 2019 via UK Press Online archives.
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  7. List of incumbents
  8. He wrote ”A short history of Tetbury Parish Church" (Tetbury, Tetbury PCC, 1959);and retired to the area after resigning as a bishop.
  9. "Four new bishops" . Church Times . No. 5254. 25 October 1963. p. 1. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 10 October 2019 via UK Press Online archives.
Church of England titles
New title Bishop of Lynn
1963–1972
Succeeded by