George Bernard Austin (16 July 1931 – 30 January 2019) was a British Anglican priest, broadcaster and author. He was

Archdeacon of York The Archdeacon of York (or of the West Riding) is a senior clergy position in an archdeaconry subdivision of the Church of England Diocese of York in the Province of York. It is named for the City of York and consists of the seven rural deanerie ...

from 1988 to 1999. Austin was educated at

St David's College, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited ...

and Chichester Theological College. He 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 va ...

deacon A deacon is a member of the diaconate, an office in Christian churches that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions. Major Christian churches, such as the Catholic Churc ...

in 1955, and priest in 1956. After

curacies A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

Chorley Chorley is a town and the administrative centre of the wider Borough of Chorley in Lancashire, England, north of Wigan, south west of Blackburn, north west of Bolton, south of Preston and north west of Manchester. The town's wealth came pr ...

and

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he was at

Dunstable Priory The Priory Church of Saint Peter, St Peter with its monastery (Dunstable Priory) was founded in 1132 by Henry I of England, Henry I for Augustinians, Augustinian Canons Regular#Canons Regular, Canons in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. St Pete ...

from 1961 to 1964. After that he held incumbencies at Eaton Bray, and (his final post before installation to the archidiaconate)

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. A contributor to

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's '' Thought for the Day'' programme, he was a prominent opponent of the ordination of women in the Anglican Communion."Outspoken scourge of Church of England liberals who declared

Prince Charles Charles III (Charles Philip Arthur George; born 14 November 1948) is King of the United Kingdom and the 14 other Commonwealth realms. He was the longest-serving heir apparent and Prince of Wales and, at age 73, became the oldest person to ...

unfit to be king"

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Issue no 50,926, dated Tuesday 12 February 2019 p27 (obituaries)

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1931 births 2019 deaths 20th-century English Anglican priests 21st-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of York People educated at St Philip’s School, Burley-in-Wharfedale Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter Alumni of Chichester Theological College {{York-archdeacon-stub