The Ven. Godfrey Owen Stone,
FRGS
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(born 15 December 1949) is a British clergyman who was
Archdeacon of Stoke
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from 2002 until 2013.
He was
ordained
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deacon
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in 1981, and
priest
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in 1982. After a
curacy at
Rushden
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The parish of Rushden covers an area of some ...
-with-
Newton Bromswold
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he was
Director
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Literature
* ''Director'' (magazine), a British magazine
* ''The Director'' (novel), a 1971 novel by Henry Denker
* ''The Director'' (play), a 2000 play by Nancy Hasty
Music
* Director (band), an Irish rock band
* ''Di ...
of
Pastoral Studies at
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
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from 1987 to 1992. He was
Team Rector
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A ...
at
Bucknall from 1992 to 2002; and
Rural Dean
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of
Stoke-upon-Trent from 1998 to 2002.
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He has been chair of the ecumenical Christian charity 'The Friends of the Church in China' since 2017 (www.thefcc.org).
References
1949 births
Fellows of the Royal Geographical Society
Living people
Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford
Archdeacons of Stoke
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