Peter Dawson (31 March 1929 – 6 January 2013) was

Archdeacon of Norfolk The Archdeacon of Norfolk is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Norwich, who exercises supervision of clergy and responsibility for church buildings within the geographical area of their archdeaconry. The current a ...

from 1977 to 1993
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Dawson was educated at Manchester Grammar School.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: OUP, 1976 After National Service he continued his education at

Keble College, Oxford Keble College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. Its main buildings are on Parks Road, opposite the University Museum and the University Parks. The college is bordered to the north by Keble Road, to th ...

and Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1955. His first post was at

curate A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...

at St Lawrence, Morden.He was Vicar of Barston from 1959 to 1963;

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of St Clement, Higher Openshaw from 1963 to 1968. Returning to his first parish he was

of Morden from 1968 to 1977, and Rural Dean of Merton from 1975 until his appointment as

Archdeacon An archdeacon is a senior clergy position in the Church of the East, Chaldean Catholic Church, Syriac Orthodox Church, Anglican Communion, St Thomas Christians, Eastern Orthodox churches and some other Christian denominations, above that o ...

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1929 births 2013 deaths 20th-century English Anglican priests 21st-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Norfolk Alumni of Keble College, Oxford Alumni of Ridley Hall, Cambridge People educated at Manchester Grammar School {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub