- Geoffrey Charles Cates
The Very Reverend Geoffrey Charles Cates was the Dean of St George's Cathedral,
Georgetown, Guyana from 1961 to 1971 [The Times , Tuesday, Oct 11, 1960; pg. 15; Issue 54899; col D "Ecclesiastical News Church Appointments New Dean of Georgetown"] . Born in 1918 and educated at theUniversity of Leeds , he wasordained in 1945 and began his career with curacies atSpennymoor andUshaw Moor . In 1949 he was appointedChaplain of the Butlin's Holiday Camp inClacton-on-Sea [Crockford's clerical directory 1976 Lambeth, Church House ISBN 0180153674] , a post he held until his appointment asVicar ofKumasi inGhana . In 1961 he entered theDeanery of theAnglican Diocese of Guyana [ [http://guygenbiosociety.blogspot.com/2007_05_01_archive.html Guyana Genealogical and Biographical Society] ] , where he remained for a decade. Returning to England he wasRector of "Sacred Trinity, Salford " [ [http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/LAN/Salford/SacredTrinity.shtml Genuki details] ] andRural Dean of The area until his retirement [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=124-1321&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18 National Archives] ] .Notes
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