Clifford Leofric Purdy "Jim" Bishop
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Church of England The Church of England (C of E) is the established Christian church in England and the mother church of the international Anglican Communion. It traces its history to the Christian church recorded as existing in the Roman province of Britai ...

Life

He was born on 11 June 1908 and educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead and Christ's College, Cambridge.

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 ...

in 1933“ Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ) and later

Vicar A vicar (; Latin: '' vicarius'') is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior (compare "vicarious" in the sense of "at second hand"). Linguistically, ''vicar'' is cognate with the English pre ...

of St George's, Camberwell, he was also

Rural Dean In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective ...

of Walsingham and then Wearmouth until his ordination to the

episcopate A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

. He died on 1 September 1994.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bishop, Clifford Leofric Purdy 1908 births People educated at St John's School, Leatherhead Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge 20th-century Church of England bishops Bishops of Swindon (previously Malmesbury) 1994 deaths