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David Rogers (priest)
David Arthur Rogers (12 March 1921 – 23 November 2020) was Archdeacon of Craven from 1977 to 1986. Early life Rogers was born in a South Yorkshire vicarage in 1921, the son and grandson of clergymen. He was educated at Aysgarth School in Bedale, and St Edward's School, Oxford. Military At the start of WWII Rogers joined the Oxford City Local Defence Volunteers, and then, in 1940, the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment as a private soldier. In 1941 he was commissioned into the Green Howards Regiment, and later the Royal Armoured Corps. Later in the War, he served in the GHQ Liaison Regiment (Phantom) under Field Marshal Montgomery. Career He read Classics at Christ's College, Cambridge and trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1949, and priest in 1950. He served his title at St George's, Stockport (1949-53) and was then Rector of St Peter's, Levenshulme (1953-59). He was then Vicar of St Andrew's, Sedbergh (1959-79), as well a ... [...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] |