Lewis Meredith
Lewis Evan Meredith (1900 - 1968[1]) was an Anglican bishop, the seventh Suffragan Bishop of Dover in the modern era.[2]
Educated at Lancing College and Trinity College, Cambridge,[3] he was ordained in 1923 and began his career with a curacy at Oswestry. From 1927 to 1931 he was a Minor Canon at Canterbury Cathedral and then held incumbencies at Wath-on-Dearne and Bognor Regis.[4] Following this he was Rural Dean of Eastbourne before ascending to the Episcopate, a post he held for 7 years. In retirement he continued to serve the church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Gloucester.
Notes
- ↑ Obituary- Rt Rev L. E. Meredith Former Bishop of Dover The Times Saturday, Jan 06, 1968; pg. 8; Issue 57142; col G
- ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ↑ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ The Clergy of the People of Bognor: Lewis Evan Meredith
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| Preceded by Alfred Carey Wollaston Rose |
Bishop of Dover 1957 –1964 |
Succeeded by Anthony Paul Tremlett |
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