Wilfred Askwith

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Askwith in March 1952, when Bishop of Blackburn

Script error: No such module "Portal". Wilfred Marcus Askwith Template:Postnominals[1] (24 April 1890 – 16 July 1962) was the 2nd Bishop of Blackburn who was later translated to Gloucester. Born in Hereford and educated at Hereford Cathedral School,[2] Bedford School[3] and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1914. His first post was as Curate at St Helens Parish Church.[4] After this he was a Master and Assistant Chaplain at his old school then Rector of Stalbridge.[5] From 1925 to 1932 he was Chaplain to Europeans at Nakuru in Kenya. Returning to England he was Vicar of Sherborne then Rural Dean of Leeds[6] before his elevation to the episcopate.[7] He died on 16 July 1962.[8]

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  3. Who Was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 Template:ISBN
  4. Church web-site
  5. National Archives
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–41 Oxford, Oxford University Press OUP,1941
  7. "Ecclesiastical News Consecration of Bishop of Blackburn". The Times Tuesday, 1 December 1942; p. 6; Issue 49407; col C
  8. "Obituary – Bishop W. M. Askwith". The Times Tuesday, 17 July 1962; p. 12; Issue 55445; col F

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Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Bishop of Gloucester
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