robert, stannard, bishop, robert, william, stannard, october, 1895, december, 1986, eminent, anglican, clergyman, middle, part, 20th, century, born, october, 1895, educated, westminster, school, after, wartime, service, middlesex, regiment, christ, church, oxf. Robert William Stannard 1 20 October 1895 26 December 1986 was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the middle part of the 20th century He was born on 20 October 1895 and educated at Westminster School and after wartime service in the Middlesex Regiment Christ Church Oxford 2 Ordained in 1922 he began his career with curacies at Bermondsey and Putney and was then Vicar of St James Barrow in Furness 3 Subsequently Rural Dean of Dalton 4 he then became Archdeacon of Doncaster and Rector of High Melton In 1947 he was appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Woolwich 5 a post he held until his appointment as Dean of Rochester As Dean he was the first Warden of Rochester Theological College in 1959 before the appointment of Stuart Blanch the following year 6 An Honorary Chaplain to the King he retired to Fleet Hampshire in 1966 and died twenty years later on Boxing Day References edit NPG details Who was Who 1897 1990 London A amp C Black 1991 ISBN 0 7136 3457 X Crockford s Clerical Directory 1975 76 London Oxford University Press 1976 ISBN 0 19 200008 X Sunderland Minister New Bishop Of Woolwich The Times Wednesday Jun 11 1947 pg 4 Issue 50784 col A Church Times Rochester College closes its doors 3 July 1970 p 2 Retrieved 28 April 2021 Church of England titles Preceded byLeslie Lang Bishop of Woolwich1947 1959 Succeeded byJohn Robinson Preceded byThomas Crick Dean of Rochester1959 1966 Succeeded byStanley Betts 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 Robert Stannard bishop amp oldid 1020360756, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
