Colin Douglas Semper (5 February 1938 – 13 April 2022) was an English Anglican priest. Semper was educated at

Lincoln Grammar School Lincoln Grammar School or Lincoln Free School was formed as the result of the amalgamation of the Lincoln City Free School and the Lincoln Chapter Grammar School. The amalgamation occurred in January 1584, but the two schools may have been effec ...

and

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, and was

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in 1963. He began his ordained ministry as a

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at Holy Trinity with St Mary's in Guildford. He was Recruitment and Selection

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for the

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until 1969 when he became Head of Religious Programmes for BBC Radio and Deputy Head of Religious Broadcasting for the

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, positions he held for 13 years. He then became Provost of the Cathedral Church of St Michael, Coventry. and after that

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. In retirement he continued to serve as a non-stipendiary priest at St Mary's Frensham.List of clergy
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1938 births 2022 deaths Alumni of Keble College, Oxford BBC people People educated at Lincoln Grammar School Provosts and Deans of Coventry {{UK-reli-bio-stub