Mervyn Armstrong
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Mervyn Armstrong, OBE[1] (1906–1984[2]) was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the middle third of the 20th century.
Educated at Balliol College, Oxford,[3] he was ordained in 1938. His first posts were as a Chaplain in the RNVR,[4] after which he was Vicar of Margate. Appointed Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1949 he became Archdeacon of Stow and then Provost of Leicester Cathedral before appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of Jarrow in 1958. In 1964, he resigned that See to become an "advisor on industry" to Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, and an Assistant Bishop of York;[5] he retired in 1970.
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- ↑ Obituary- Right Rev Mervyn Armstrong The Times Thursday, 4 October 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61953; col G
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- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. Template:ISBN
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- 1906 births
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- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
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- Archdeacons of Stow
- Provosts and Deans of Leicester
- Bishops of Jarrow
- 20th-century Church of England bishops
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Royal Navy chaplains