Peter Spencer Dawes (5 February 1928 – 10 November 2022) was the fifth Church of England

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from 1988 to 1995. Dawes was educated at

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and

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, and ordained in 1955. His career began with

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at St Andrew's, Whitehall Park and St Ebbe's, Oxford. Then he was a

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of the Good Shepherd,

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, and finally (before his elevation to the

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)

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. After his retirement he became an honorary

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in the

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. Dawes died on 10 November 2022, at the age of 94.

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1928 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Church of England bishops Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham Archdeacons of West Ham Bishops of Derby People educated at Aldenham School {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub