Arthur Henry Ballard (9 March 1912 – 2 February 1984) was an
Anglican
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priest
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in the last third of the 20th century.
He was educated at
St John's College, Durham and
ordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...
in 1939. After a
curacy in
Walthamstow
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he held
incumbencies in
Broughton and
Stand. He was
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. ...
of
Prestwich
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Historically part of Lancashire, Prestwich was the seat of the ancient parish o ...
from 1952 to 1967;
Archdeacon of Rochdale from 1966 to 1972; and then of
Manchester
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from then until 1980.
His son,
Andrew Edgar Ballard, was also
Archdeacon of Rochdale, from 2005 to 2009.
[‘BALLARD, Ven. Andrew Edgar’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 201]
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References
1912 births
Alumni of St John's College, Durham
Archdeacons of Rochdale
Archdeacons of Manchester
1984 deaths
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