Basil Stanley Moss (7 October 1918 – 24 March 2006) was

Provost of Birmingham Cathedral The Dean of Birmingham is the senior member of clergy responsible for St. Philip's Cathedral in Birmingham, England. Before 2000 the post was designated provost, which was the equivalent of a dean but used in the case of pro-cathedrals, such as ...

from 1972 to 1986. He was born in

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as the son of Canon H. G. Moss and was educated at Canon Slade Grammar School, Bolton and

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. He was ordained as a priest in 1943 and was a tutor and sub-warden at

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from 1945 to 1951. In 1950, he married Rachel Margaret Bailey. Appointed as senior tutor at St. Catharine's Cumberland Lodge, Windsor in 1951, he moved to be vicar of St. Nathaniel's Church, Bristol in 1953. Seven years later he became a Residentiary Canon of

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, until in 1966 he was appointed chief secretary of the Advisory Council Churches Ministry. As

(1972–86), he also was chairman of both the Birmingham Community Relations Council (1973–81) and the

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(1977–79)

Publications

*Moss, Basil S., ''Clergy Training Today'', 1964 *Moss, Basil S. (ed.), ''Crisis for Baptism'', 1965

References

*''Birmingham Post and Mail Year Book and Who's Who, 1998'', Kingslea Press, 1918 births 2006 deaths Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Provosts and Deans of Birmingham People educated at Canon Slade School Staff of Lincoln Theological College {{UK-reli-bio-stub