Eric Herbert Evans (31 January 1902 – 25 December 1977) was the
Archdeacon of Warrington
The archdeacons in the Diocese of Liverpool are senior ecclesiastical officers in the Church of England in a highly irregular area surrounding the city of Liverpool. They are the archdeacons of Liverpool, of St Helens and Warrington, of Knowsl ...
from 1959 to 1970.
Life
Evans was educated at
Liverpool Institute
The Liverpool Institute High School for Boys was an all-boys grammar school in the English port city of Liverpool.
The school had its origins in 1825 but occupied different premises while the money was found to build a dedicated building on ...
and
Bishop Wilson Theological College, Isle of Man
Bishop Wilson Theological College was founded as a theological college in 1879 to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Church of England. It was named after Thomas Wilson, Bishop of Sodor and Man between 1697 and 1755, located in part of Bishopsc ...
. He was
ordained in 1930. After
curacies in
Liverpool and
Southport, he was
Chaplain
A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...
at the Liverpool branch of the
Mission to Seamen. He was
vicar of
Crossens, and then, during
World War II, a Chaplain in the
Royal Navy Reserve. He was vicar of Southport from 1946 to 1948; and then of
Meols until his retirement.
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Who Was Who
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Notes
People educated at Liverpool Institute High School for Boys
Alumni of Bishop Wilson Theological College
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
Archdeacons of Warrington
1902 births
1977 deaths
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