William Frederick Surtees (16 October 1871 – 23 March 1956) was an Anglican bishop. He was the second suffragan

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from 1930 to 1954. Surtees was educated at

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and

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in 1900, he began his ecclesiastical career with a

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. He was then rector of

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, vicar of St Simon's,

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and

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before a 24-year stint as Suffragan Bishop of Crediton. He died on 23 March 1956.Obituary-The Rt Rev W.F Surtees.''

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'' Thursday, 5 April 1956; p. 10; issue 53497; col A.

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1871 births People educated at Bedford School Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Archdeacons of Exeter Bishops of Crediton 20th-century Church of England bishops 1956 deaths {{Anglican-bishop-stub