David Henry Bartleet (11 April 1929 – 1 November 2002) was a British

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bishop. From 1982 to 1993, he was the fourth

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, a

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in the

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. He was educated at

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and

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in 1957 after a period of study at

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, he began his ordained ministry with a

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at St Mary-le-Tower, Ipswich.Details of church
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and then

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before being ordained to the

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in 1982, serving eventually for 11 years. He died on 1 November 2002.

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1929 births Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford Bishops of Tonbridge 20th-century Church of England bishops People educated at St Edward's School, Oxford 2002 deaths Alumni of Westcott House, Cambridge {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub