Walter Edward Bagnall (1903–1984) was a

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Born in Birr, County Offaly, Ireland in 1903 and educated at the

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he was ordained in 1928. He was

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of All Saints,

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and then held incumbencies at St Mark's,

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, St John's, Preston, All Saints,

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and St George's,

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. He was

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from 1947 to 1949'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 and then its

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until his retirement in 1973. He died in 1984.

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1903 births University of Western Ontario alumni Deans of Niagara Anglican bishops of Niagara 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops 1984 deaths {{Canada-clergy-stub