george, holderness, george, edward, holderness, march, 1913, october, 1987, anglican, bishop, born, 1913, educated, leeds, grammar, school, keble, college, oxford, ordained, 1936, began, career, with, curacy, bedale, then, chaplain, aysgarth, school, until, 19. George Edward Holderness 5 March 1913 21 October 1987 was an Anglican bishop He was born in 1913 and educated at Leeds Grammar School and Keble College Oxford 1 Ordained in 1936 he began his career with a curacy at Bedale and was then Chaplain at Aysgarth School until 1947 a period interrupted by World War II service as a Chaplain to the Forces He was then Vicar of St Cuthbert s Church Darlington and for 15 years suffragan Bishop of Burnley 2 3 in the Diocese of Blackburn 4 In 1970 he left Burnley to become Dean of Lichfield a post he held to retirement in 1979 He died in 1987 References Edit Who was Who 1897 1990 London A amp C Black 1991 ISBN 0 7136 3457 X A short guide and history to Burnley Parish Church of St Peter Holderness G A 1961 Gloucester British Publishing Company Ecclesiastical News Consecration Of Two Bishops The Times Thursday Feb 03 1955 pg 4 Issue 53156 col C National Archives Detail Church of England titlesPreceded byCharles Keith Kipling Prosser Bishop of Burnley1955 1970 Succeeded byRichard Charles Challinor WatsonPreceded byWilliam Stuart MacPherson Dean of Lichfield1970 1979 Succeeded byJohn Harley Lang nbsp This article about a Church of England bishop is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title George Holderness amp oldid 1085269065, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
