Edward Ralph Wickham (called Ted; 3 November 19111994) was a long serving

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. Wickham was educated at the

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and was

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 ...

: made deacon in Advent 1938 (18 December) and ordained priest the following St Thomas' Day (21 December 1939) — both times by

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, Bishop of Newcastle, at

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. His first post after curacy was as chaplain at the

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factory at Swynnerton. His subsequent experience was largely based in industrial areas and included a nine-year stint as a canon residentiary at

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. He was consecrated a bishop on 30 November 1959, by

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, at

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. He then served as

(a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Manchester) until his retirement in 1982. A noted ecumenicist he wrote widely on the churches' role in a changing world. His published works include Church and People in an Industrial City.“Church and People in an Industrial City” Wickham, E.R., London, Lutterworth Press, 1957

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1911 births Alumni of the University of London Bishops of Middleton 1994 deaths 20th-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub