Sydney Cyril Bulley (12 June 1907 – 20 November 1989) was an English bishop. He was born on 12 June 1907 and educated at the

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. He was a member of

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. He began his ministry as a curate at

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and was then successively

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Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located east-south-east of Sheffield, close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbyshire, on the River Ryton and not far from th ...

(1942),

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of Mansfield (1946), Director of Religious Education in the

Diocese of Carlisle The Diocese of Carlisle was created in 11 April 1132 by Henry I out of part of the Diocese of Durham, although many people of Cumbric descent in the area looked to Glasgow for spiritual leadership. The first bishop was Æthelwold, who was the k ...

and

Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness The Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Carlisle. As such he or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its four rural deaneries: Barrow, Windermere, Ken ...

(c.1950) before his ordination to the episcopate, initially as the Suffragan Bishop of Penrith (1959–1966) and then as Bishop of Carlisle (1966–1972). In 1972 he was an awarded an

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by Durham. A noted author, his works included the autobiographical “The Glass of Time”, published in 1981, “Faith, Fire and Fun”, 1985 and “Glimpses of the Divine”, 1987 He was also a Cumbrian enthusiast.Details of campaign he spearheaded
/ref> He retired in 1972 and died on 20 November 1989.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulley, Sydney Cyril 1907 births Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham Archdeacons of Westmorland and Furness Bishops of Penrith Bishops of Carlisle 20th-century Church of England bishops 1989 deaths Honorary Chaplains to the King 20th-century Anglican theologians