Clifford Thomas Chapman FKC (23 May 1913 – 25 May 1982) was an Anglican priest. He was the

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in the Church of England from 1973 to 1980. Chapman was educated at Sir Walter St John’s School and

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. He was ordained in 1937 Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941 and began his ministry with

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at All Saints' Child’s Hill and St Paul’s Winchmore Hill. After this he was the

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of the Church of Ascension Conventional District, Preston Road,

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and then the

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of Chelsea. From 1950 to 1961 he was the

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and from then until his appointment as the

in 1973 he was a

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1913 births 1982 deaths Deans of Exeter People educated at Sir Walter St John's Grammar School For Boys Alumni of King's College London Fellows of King's College London {{ChurchofEngland-dean-stub