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Obituary: The Ven. Roderick Wells
The Rt Revd Dr David Tustin writes:THE Ven. Roderick Wells read theology at Durham, and, after further studies at Cuddesdon and Bangalore, in South India, was ordained deacon in 1965. He served a curacy at St Mary-at-Lambeth…
Obituary: Canon Jim Garrard
The Revd Dr Jeremy Morris writes: CANON James (Jim) Garrard, who died unexpectedly in December just before his 60th birthday, spent more than 17 fulfilling years as Precentor of Ely Cathedral. It was a fitting end to a…
The Revd Dr Richard Turnbull
Philip Krinks writes:RICHARD TURNBULL was an Evangelical Anglican pastor, scholar, and teacher, who served with distinction in parishes, on the General Synod, and in theological education. To all these he brought an unusual…
The Rt Revd H. W. (Harry) Moore
Canon Mark Oxbrow writes:AFTER a long life of service to Christians around the world, Bishop Henry Wylie (known as Harry) Moore died at home on 16 December, aged 102. He will be remembered by many as a man of practical…
Obituary: The Revd Sally Muggeridge
A correspondent writes:THE Revd Sally Muggeridge, who has died, aged 76, was a distinguished business leader and charity chief executive, dedicating much of her life also to the Church of England in several posts.In 2015,…
Obituary: The Revd Daniel Cozens
Paul Preston writes:THE Revd Daniel Cozens, the founder of Through Faith Missions, died suddenly on 6 December.He grew up in Dorset and was the youngest and shortest of three tall brothers, of whom Bill predeceased him and…
Recollections
Dr Phillip Rice writes: “IT’S forestry or nothing.” And it was forestry. This prescient remark from Sir Andreas Wittam Smith (Gazette, 5 December) was made to me in the margins of the committee overseeing the Church Growth…
The Very Revd Ken Riley
Kenneth Shenton writes:THE Very Revd Ken Riley was, perhaps, one of the last of those somewhat old-fashioned deans whose preferment to senior posts was based firmly on a proven strength of character together with a consistent…
Obituary: Dr Anthony Crossland
Andrew Nethsingha writes:ANTHONY CROSSLAND was born in Nottingham, where he attended the High Pavement School. He showed an early aptitude for music, starting piano lessons at the age of six, followed by organ lessons eight…
Obituary: Dame Katherine Patricia Routledge
Canon David Nason writes:DAME PATRICIA ROUTLEDGE, who died on 3 October, aged 96 (News, 10 October), could rightly be described as a National Treasure, but perhaps more correctly as an International Treasure, as she found out…
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