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Berkeley Cole
The Venerable (Ronald) Berkeley Cole (1913–1996) was an eminent Anglican priest and author in the first half of the mid 20th century. After an earlier career as a Registrar (education), Registrar with the London County Freehold and Leasehold Properties Ltd he was ordained in 1943. He began his career with a Curate, curacy in Braunstone Town, Braunstone after which he was Succentor of Leicester Cathedral. He was Vicar of St Philip, Leicester from 1950 to 1973. He was Archdeacon of Loughborough from 1953 to 1963 and List of Archdeacons of Leicester, of Leicester from then until 1980. His last post was as Rural Dean of Repps with Bastwick, Reps. Notes 1913 births Archdeacons of Loughborough Archdeacons of Leicester 1996 deaths {{Christianity-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Venerable
The Venerable (''venerabilis'' in Latin) is a style, a title, or an epithet which is used in some Western Christian churches, or it is a translation of similar terms for clerics in Eastern Orthodoxy and monastics in Buddhism. Christianity Catholic In the Catholic Church, after a deceased Catholic has been declared a Servant of God by a bishop and proposed for beatification by the Pope, such a servant of God may next be declared venerable (" heroic in virtue") during the investigation and process leading to possible canonization as a saint. A declaration that a person is venerable is not a pronouncement of their presence in Heaven. The pronouncement means it is considered likely that they are in heaven, but it is possible the person could still be in purgatory. Before one is considered venerable, one must be declared by a proclamation, approved by the Pope, to have lived a life that was "heroic in virtue" (the theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity and the cardinal virt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicester Cathedral
The Cathedral Church of Saint Martin, Leicester, commonly known as Leicester Cathedral, is a Church of England cathedral in Leicester, England and the seat of the Bishop of Leicester. The church was elevated to a collegiate church in 1922 and made a cathedral in 1927 following the establishment of a new Diocese of Leicester in 1926. The remains of Richard III of England, King Richard III were reburied in the cathedral in 2015 after exhumation and reburial of Richard III of England, being discovered nearby in the foundations of the lost Greyfriars, Leicester, Greyfriars chapel. History Leicester Cathedral is near the centre of Leicester's medieval Old Town. The Cathedral famously houses King Richard III’s tomb. The church was built on the site of Roman ruins and is dedicated to St Martin of Tours, a 4th century Roman officer who became a Bishop. It is almost certainly one of six churches referred to in the Domesday Book (1086) and portions of the current building can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archdeacons Of Loughborough
The Archdeacon of Loughborough is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Leicester. The archdeaconry was created within the Diocese of Peterborough and from the Archdeaconry of Leicester on 25 February 1921 but became part of the new Diocese of Leicester upon her creation on 12 November 1926. The Archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the area deaneries: Akeley East, Akeley South, Akeley West, Guthlaxton, Sparkenhoe East and Sparkenhoe West. Claire Wood became the Archdeacon of Loughborough on 8 October 2017.Diocese of Leicester — Claire Wood announced as new Archdeacon of Loughborough (Accessed 27 April 2017) List of archdeacons * 1921–1 ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1913 Births
Events January * January 5 – First Balkan War: Battle of Lemnos – Greek admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis forces the Turkish fleet to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it will not venture for the rest of the war. * January 13 – Edward Carson founds the (first) Ulster Volunteer Force, by unifying several existing loyalist militias to resist home rule for Ireland. * January 23 – 1913 Ottoman coup d'état: Ismail Enver comes to power. * January – Stalin (whose first article using this name is published this month) travels to Vienna to carry out research. Until he leaves on February 16 the city is home simultaneously to him, Hitler, Trotsky and Tito alongside Berg, Freud and Jung and Ludwig and Paul Wittgenstein. February * February 1 – New York City's Grand Central Terminal, having been rebuilt, reopens as the world's largest railroad station. * February 3 – The 16th Amendment to the United S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert David Silk
Robert David Silk (born 23 August 1936) is an English priest of the Roman Catholic Church. He was formerly an Anglican bishop and was the Bishop of Ballarat in the Anglican Church of Australia. Early life and education Silk was born on 23 August 1936. He was educated at Gillingham Grammar School, Exeter University and St Stephen's House, Oxford. Ordained ministry Anglican ministry Silk was ordained in the Church of England: made a deacon during Advent 1959 (20 December) by Robert Stannard, Dean of Rochester (and assistant bishop), at Rochester Cathedral, and ordained a priest the following Advent (18 December 1960), by Russell White, Bishop of Tonbridge, at Bexley (St Mary's) Parish Church. His first positions were curacies at St Barnabas' Gillingham and Holy Redeemer, Lamorbey. He then became the priest in charge of the Church of the Good Shepherd, Blackfen followed by incumbencies at Swanscombe and St George's Church, Beckenham (1975 to 1980). He was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Irven David Edwards
Irven David Edwards (19 November 1907 – 14 February 1973) was an Anglican priest in the mid 20th century. Edwards was born at Stretton, East Staffordshire, the son of John Edwards, at one time a prebendary of Lichfield Cathedral, and his wife Beatrice. He was educated at Repton School and Christ's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1935 he began his ordained ministry as chaplain of Christ's College, Cambridge. He was also general secretary of the Advisory Council for Training for the Ministry from 1935 to 1944. In 1940, he became rector of Milton, Hampshire and in 1947 vicar of Norton, County Durham. He became vicar of All Saints's Leicester and Archdeacon of Leicester in 1956. In 1963 he was appointed Dean of Wells, a position he held until his death in 1973.''Obituary, I.D. Edwards'', The Times, 15 February 1973; pg. 20; Issue 58708; col F In 1938, Edwards married Diana Vernon Douglas Crick, the daughter of Douglas Crick, Bishop of Chester The Bishop of Chester is the Ord ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harold Lockley
The Venerable Harold Lockley (16 July 1916 – 26 September 2004) was an eminent Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century. Lockley was educated at Loughborough College and the University of London and served in the British Royal Navy during World War II. Ordained in 1947, he began his career as Chaplain of his old college. He was then Vicar of Glen Parva from 1951 to 1958 followed by five years as Canon Chancellor of Leicester Cathedral. The Vicar of All Saints, Leicester from 1963 to 1978, he was the sixth Archdeacon of Loughborough from 1963 to 1986. "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black A & C Black is a British book publishing company, owned since 2002 by Bloomsbury Publishing. The company is noted for publishing '' Who's Who'' since 1849. It also published popular travel guides and novels. History The firm was founded in 18 ..., 2007 Notes 1916 births Alumni of Loughborough College Alumni of the University of London Royal Nav ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William John Lyon (archdeacon)
The Venerable William John Lyon (1883–1961) was an eminent Anglican priest in the mid 20th century. Lyon was educated at Norwich School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge and ordained in 1911. He began his career with curacies at of St George, East Stonehouse and St Andrew, Plymouth. He was Priest in charge of St Andrew, Bournemouth from 1915 to 1919; and then its Vicar until 1926. He was Rector of Sutton Coldfield from 1926 to 1931 and then of Handsworth until 1935. He was Rector of Loughborough from 1935 to 1958; and its fourth Archdeacon from 1940 to 1953. “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 He was also the Diocese of Leicesters Canon Theologian Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ... from 1940 until his retirement. Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Repps With Bastwick
Repps with Bastwick is a civil parish in the English county of Norfolk. It comprises the adjacent villages of Bastwick and Repps, which are situated some north-west of the town of Great Yarmouth and north-east of the city of Norwich. The parish borders the River Thurne and Bastwick is at the south end of the bridge which carries the A149 road over that river to the village of Potter Heigham.Ordnance Survey (2005). ''OS Explorer Map OL40 - The Broads''. . The civil parish has an area of and in the 2001 census had a population of 401 in 172 households, the population reducing to 391 in the 2011 Census. For the purposes of local government, the parish falls within the district of Great Yarmouth.Office for National Statistics & Norfolk County Council (2001). Census population and household counts for unparished urban areas and all parishes''. Retrieved 2 December 2005. The church of Repps-with-Bastwick St Peter is one of 124 existing round-tower churches in Norfolk. Topony ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rural Dean
In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective. In some Church of England dioceses rural deans have been formally renamed as area deans. Origins The title "dean" (Latin ''decanus'') may derive from the custom of dividing a hundred into ten tithings, not least as rural deaneries originally corresponded with wapentakes, hundreds, commotes or cantrefi in Wales. Many rural deaneries retain these ancient names.Cross, F. L., ed. (1957) ''The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church''. London: Oxford University Press; p. 1188. The first mention of rural deans comes from a law made by Edward the Confessor, which refers to the rural dean being appointed by the bishop "to have the inspection of clergy and people from within the district to which he was incumbent... to which end ehad power to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leicester
Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest settlement in the East Midlands. The city lies on the River Soar and close to the eastern end of the National Forest, England, National Forest. It is situated to the north-east of Birmingham and Coventry, south of Nottingham and west of Peterborough. The population size has increased by 38,800 ( 11.8%) from around 329,800 in 2011 to 368,600 in 2021 making it the most populous municipality in the East Midlands region. The associated Urban area#United Kingdom, urban area is also the 11th most populous in England and the List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, 13th most populous in the United Kingdom. Leicester is at the intersection of two railway lines: the Midland Main Line and the Birmingham to London Stansted Airport line. It is also at the confluence of the M1 motorway, M1/M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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