Stephen Edmund Verney

The Rt Rev Stephen Edmund Verney MBE was the second Bishop of Repton from 1977 to 1985 [ [http://www.derby.anglican.org/about/facts_n_stats.php Derby Bishops] ] ; and from then on an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Oxford. The son of Sir Harry Verney, 4th Baronet, he was born on 17 April 1919 and educated at Harrow [ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576] and Balliol College, Oxford. In 1947 he married Priscilla Schwerdt [The Times, Wednesday, Oct 15, 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50892; col C "Marriages Mr SE Verney and Miss PAS Schwerdt"] and in 1950 was ordained an Anglican Priest. He began his career with a curacy at Gedling [Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 9780715110300] after which he was: Priest in charge of St Francis Clifton, Nottingham; Vicar of Leamington Hastings ; "Diocesan Missioner" for the Diocese of Coventry then finally, before his elevation to the Episcopate, a Canon Residentiary at Windsor. His first wife died in 1974 and seven years later became the first Bishop to marry a divorced woman [The Times, Wednesday, Jun 10, 1981; pg. 5; Issue 60950; col G "Bishop and divorcee marry"] . After 8 years as the Derby Suffragan he retired to Blewbury in 1985.

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