Geoffrey Elmer Walton (19 February 1934 – 23 July 2020) was
Archdeacon of Dorset
The Archdeacon of Dorset is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Salisbury, England. He or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the four area deaneries: Purbeck, Poole, Wimborne, and Milto ...
from 1982 to 2000.
Born on 19 February 1934, he was educated at
St John's College, Durham, and ordained in 1961. After a
curacy in
Warsop he was
Vicar of
Norwell from 1965 to 1969. He then became the Recruitment and Selection Secretary of the
ACCM. He was
Vicar of Holy Trinity,
Weymouth from 1975 until his
Archdeacon
An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...
’s appointment. He was the
Vicar of
Witchampton from 1982 to 2000.
He died on 23 July 2020 at the age of 86.
Notes
1934 births
2020 deaths
Archdeacons of Dorset
People from East Dorset District
Alumni of St John's College, Durham
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