The Ven. John Waters Stow,
MA (17 January 1912 – 3 July 1971) was
Archdeacon
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of
Bermuda from 1951 until 1961.
He was educated at
Selwyn College, Cambridge, and
Ripon College Cuddesdon; and
ordained in 1938. After a
curacy in
East Wickham he was a
Chaplain
A chaplain is, traditionally, a cleric (such as a Minister (Christianity), minister, priest, pastor, rabbi, purohit, or imam), or a laity, lay representative of a religious tradition, attached to a secularity, secular institution (such as a hosp ...
in the
RNVR
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from 1939 to 1944 when he moved to
Portsmouth to serve a second
curacy at
St Mary, Portsea. He was
Rector
Rector (Latin for the member of a vessel's crew who steers) may refer to:
Style or title
*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
St. George, Bermuda
St. George's (formally the Town of St. George or St. George's Town), located on the island and within the parish of the same names (and on the northern side of St. George's Harbour, settled in 1612, is the first permanent English (and later Bri ...
from 1947 to 1961; and then of
Hatfield until his death.
["Deaths." '' The Times'' (London, England), Tuesday, 6 July 1971; pg. 26; Issue 58217]
References
1912 births
1971 deaths
Alumni of Selwyn College, Cambridge
Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon
Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
20th-century Anglican priests
Archdeacons of Bermuda
Royal Navy chaplains
World War II chaplains
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