Geoffrey Peter Thomas Paget King (1917–1991) was
Archbishop
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of the
Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain
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Theology and practices
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. He was raised an
Anglican
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but joined the church in 1943. He was ordained a
deacon and priest in May 1947 by
Archbishop
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Bernard Mary Williams. On 5 June 1960 he was
consecrated
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by
Archbishop
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Gerard Shelley
George Frankham Shell known as George Gerard Shelley ( Sidcup, Kent 1891 – 24 August 1980) was a British linguist, author and translator who travelled in Imperial Russia before and during the Russian Revolution. He became a priest and lived in ...
assisted by Bishop Willibrord (Hans Heuer). He continued in this role and issued new
Constitutions in February 1962.
Archbishops
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Shelley and Marchenna did not ascent to the Constitutions. This, combined with Shelley's being resident in Rome caused a breach between the two. Archbishop King continued and became Archbishop of the Church. On Easter, 1965 Archbishop King combined his jurisdiction with that of Archbishop Wilfrid Barrington-Evans and King remained as Archbishop. He continued in this role until his death in 1991.
Further reading
*Anson, Peter. ''Bishops at Large''. London: Faber and Faber, 1964.
*
Pruter, Karl, and J. Gordon Melton. ''The Old Catholic Sourcebook''. New York: Garland Publishing Company, 1983.
*Trela, Jonathan. ''A History of the North American Old Roman Church''. Scranton, PA: The Author, 1979.
References
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1917 births
1991 deaths
English Old Catholics
Former Anglicans
People from Haslington