John Wingfield (priest)
The Ven. John William Wingfield was an Anglican priest: the Archdeacon of Bodmin from 1979[1] to 1981.
Born on 19 December 1915, he was educated at the Sheffield Pupil Teacher Centre; and served in the Royal Army Service Corps during World War II.[2] When peace returned he studied at St Aidan’s Theological College and was ordained in 1947. After a curacy at Madron with Morvah[3] he held incumbencies at Perranuthnoe, Budock, St Michael Caerhays, Redruth and St Clement before his Archdeacon’s appointment.[4]
He died on 23 December 1983.[5]
Notes
- ↑ Church news.The Times(London, England), Saturday, Nov 11, 1978; pg. 16; Issue 60456
- ↑ London Gazette
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ ‘WINGFIELD, Ven. John William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 Aug 2012
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Preceded by Conrad John Eustace Meyer |
Archdeacon of Bodmin 1979–1981 |
Succeeded by George Frederick Temple |
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