Kenneth Venner Ramsey (26 January 1909 – 21 June 1990) was the Suffragan Bishop of Hulme from 1953 until 1975. He was educated at

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and

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. After a

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at St Matthew,

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“ Crockford's clerical directory, 1975-76” (Lambeth,Church House ) he was Vice-Principal of Egerton Hall,

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, and a

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in Christian Ethics at

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. Later he held incumbencies at Peel,

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and

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before his elevation to the

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1909 births People educated at The Portsmouth Grammar School Alumni of University College, Oxford Academics of the University of Manchester 20th-century Church of England bishops Bishops of Hulme 1990 deaths {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub