Ronald Francis Shepherd (15 July 1926 – 12 October 2012) was the tenth

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, serving from 1984 to 1991. Shepherd was educated at the

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and trained for the

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hood at

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and

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in 1953. Crockford's Clerical Directory1959-60 p1056: Oxford,

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,1959 Following a curacy at St Stephen's, Rochester Row he was

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of St Paul's,

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and then All Saints,

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. He was

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from 1967, and then, from 1969,

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before his appointment to the

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in 1984. Shepherd's daughter, Mary Shepherd, published an illustrated volume of his letters, entitled “It Happened at the Cathedral.” The book includes his personal letters, his sermons, as well as poetry, all accompanied by her collages and portraits.

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