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Lancelot Mason
The Ven Lancelot Mason MBE MA was an eminent Church of England priest in the 20th century. He was born on 22 July 1905 and educated at the RN College Osborne, RN College Dartmouth, and Trinity College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1929, he began his career with a curacy at Soham, after which he was Residential Chaplain to George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, until 1938. Next he was Rector of Plumpton with East Chiltington, and during the war was a Chaplain with the RNVR, and was Mentioned in Despatches before being appointed Archdeacon of Chichester in 1946. He additionally became a Canon Residentiary A canon (from the Latin , itself derived from the Greek , , "relating to a rule", "regular") is a member of certain bodies in subject to an ecclesiastical rule. Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, i ... at the diocese's cathedral in 1949; and retired from both posts in 1973.''Church news Archdeacon of Chichester to retire'' T ... [...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] |
The Times
''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper ''The Sunday Times'' (founded in 1821) are published by Times Newspapers, since 1981 a subsidiary of News UK, in turn wholly owned by News Corp. ''The Times'' and ''The Sunday Times'', which do not share editorial staff, were founded independently and have only had common ownership since 1966. In general, the political position of ''The Times'' is considered to be centre-right. ''The Times'' is the first newspaper to have borne that name, lending it to numerous other papers around the world, such as ''The Times of India'', ''The New York Times'', and more recently, digital-first publications such as TheTimesBlog.com (Since 2017). In countries where these other titles are popular, the newspaper is often referred to as , or as , although the newspaper is of nationa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frederick George Kerr-Dineen
Frederick George Kerr-Dineen was an Anglican priest in the 20th century. He was born on 26 August 1915 and educated at St John's College, Durham. He was ordained in 1941 and was a curate at St Paul's Portman Square and St John's Weymouth. In 1952 he married Hermione Iris MacDonald."Marriages", '' The Times'', 23 February 1951, p. 8. He held incumbencies at St Michael's Blackheath Park and Holy Trinity, Eastbourne before being appointed Archdeacon of Chichester in 1973. Two years later he became the first Archdeacon of Horsham, retiring from the position in 1983 and as Rector of Stopham and Hardham Hardham is a small village in the Horsham District of West Sussex, England. It is on the A29 road southwest of Pulborough. It is in the civil parish of Coldwaltham. Archaeology The village is on the line of Stane Street Roman road, which cha ... in 1987. He died on 6 July 1988. Notes 1915 births Archdeacons of Chichester Archdeacons of Horsham 198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
