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- 1 2 Leicester Cathedral: History Archived January 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 22 November 2008.
- 1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory (100th ed.). London: Church House Publishing. 2007. p. 947. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0.
- ↑ Diocese of Leicester — Synod supports creation of Suffragan Bishop (Accessed 19 December 2016)
- ↑ David Pocklington, "A new suffragan see for Loughborough" in Law & Religion UK, 30 November 2016,
- ↑ "in memoriam: Norman Lang, Brother of Cosmo" . Church Times . No. 4865. 11 May 1956. p. 7. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 1 June 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
