Guy Marshall (5 November 19093 August 1978) was British Anglican bishop who served as suffragan bishop for

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(then in the

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Early life and education

Marshall was the son of Edgar Breedon Marshall and Marion (née Worsley), and was educated at

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and

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. He then trained for the ministry at King's College London, graduating with a Theological AKC ( Associateship of King's College). He married Dorothy Gladys Whiting in 1936, and they had three sons and one daughter. Dorothy died in 1975 and Marshall remarried in 1977, to Harriet Ethel (daughter of J. J. Moore, priest).

Ministry

He was ordained in the

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: made a

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1936 (4 October) and ordained a

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the Michaelmas following (3 October 1937), by Arthur Winnington-Ingram,

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, at St Paul's Cathedral. He served his title (curacy) at St Andrew's, Stoke Newington until 1938, when he became an Assistant Chaplain at Missions to Seamen in

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Argentina

While based in Southampton, Marshall also served with ''Missions to Seamen'' in

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and Rosario; in 1942, he moved to Rosario to become Chaplain to St Andrew's Seafarers' Chapel. He was made a

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in 1943. From 1944 until 1952, he was Rector, Canon and Sub-Dean of St John's Pro-Cathedral, Buenos Aires.

England and Canada

Returning to England, he served as Rector of

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with

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and Alderton ( Diocese of Peterborough), 1953–1956. His next postings were in Canada: as Chaplain to ''Missions to Seamen'' in

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; and — additionally — as Rector of St Stephen's Church in the same city (from 1958).

Venezuela

In a joint initiative of the Canadian and West Indies Anglican churches, Marshall was elected in 1967 a bishop suffragan in the

, with responsibility for missionary activities in

. He was consecrated bishop that year, and became the first

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( Ordinary) Bishop in Venezuela when his area was erected into the Diocese of Venezuela in 1972.

Northants again

Marshall resigned his See in 1974, and was appointed Assistant Bishop of Peterborough and Vicar of

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with Adstone. He died in post in 1978.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Guy Alumni of University College, Durham Alumni of King's College London Episcopal bishops of Venezuela Anglican Diocese of Peterborough 1978 deaths 20th-century Anglican bishops in South America 1909 births British expatriate bishops