Charles Eric Corbett (6 October 1917 – 6 April 2002) was a clergyman in the

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, who was Archdeacon of

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from 1970 to 1979.

Biography

Corbett was born in

Minera Minera ( cy, Mwynglawdd; ) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It adjoins the village of Coedpoeth. The community, which in addition to Minera village includes a number of smaller hamlets such as Gwynfryn and New Brigh ...

, near

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in North Wales. He was educated at

Grove Park School Ysgol Clywedog (English: meaning ''Clywedog School''), is a comprehensive secondary school which serves parts of the city of Wrexham in north-east Wales, in the community of Offa. Ysgol Clywedog is located in the south-west suburbs of Wrexham ...

in Wrexham. He studied at

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, graduating with a BA in 1939, and then studied theology at

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. He was ordained as a

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in 1940 and as a

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in 1941 in

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, and served as a curate in Gresford near Wrexham from 1940 to 1944. He was a Chaplain in the

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on an emergency commission from 1944 to 1947, and served as a curate again, in

Llanrhos Llanrhos (English: 'Church on the moor') is a village in the community of Conwy, in Conwy County Borough, Wales. The village lies between the towns of Conwy and Llandudno. Llanrhos was a civil parish from 1894 until 1974. The area was formerly pa ...

near

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, from 1947 to 1949. He married Sylvia Elizabeth Mary (née Howe) in Llandudno in 1949, and became

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of Christchurch,

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in 1950. He was vicar of St Catharine's church in Scholes near

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from 1954 to 1961, and then vicar of

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near Manchester until 1971, also serving as

rural dean In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective ...

from 1964. Corbett succeeded

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in 1970; and in turn was succeeded by

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in 1979. He was then

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until 1983. He died at

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, Cheshire.''Deaths''

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(London, England), Monday, April 08, 2002; pg. 40; Issue 67419

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corbett, Eric 1917 births 2002 deaths Archdeacons of Liverpool People educated at Grove Park School, Wrexham Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford People from Wrexham County Borough Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers British Army personnel of World War II