- Christopher Prior
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Christopher Prior , CB [1] was an eminent Anglican priest: Chaplain of the Fleet from 1966 to 1969 and Archdeacon of Portsmouth from then to 1977.
Born on 2 July 1912,[2] he was educated at King's College, Taunton and Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained [3] after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon and began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate at Hornsea. In 1941 he became a Royal Naval Chaplain in 1941, eventually becoming Chaplain of the Fleet in 1966. After this he became Archdeacon of Portsmouth. He retired in 1977 and died on 14 September 2004.
Notes
- ^ Times online
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0108153674
Church of England titles Preceded by
Raymond William RichardsonChaplain of the Fleet
February 1966– November 1969Succeeded by
Ambrose Walter Marcus WeekesPreceded by
Geoffrey Lewis TiarksArchdeacon of Portsmouth
February 1969– November 1977Succeeded by
Ronald Victor ScrubyChaplains of the Fleet John Cox-Edwards • Stuart Harris • Hugh Wood • Charles Ingles • Robert McKew • Walter Knight-Adkin • Charles Peshall • Arthur Gilbertson • Thomas Crick • John Wilson • Leonard Coulshaw • Noel Chamberlain • Darrell Bunt • John Armstrong • Raymond Richardson • Christopher Prior • Ambrose Weekes • Chandos Morgan • Basil Arthur O'Ferrall • Raymond Harcourt Roberts • Noel Jones • Michael Henley • Michael Bucks • Charles Stewart • Simon Golding • Barry Hammett • John Green • Scott Brown
Archdeacons of Portsmouth Neville Lovett • Harold Rodgers • Harold Hyde-Lees • Arthur Kitching • Edward Roberts • Michael Peck • Geoffrey Tiarks • Christopher Prior • Ron Scruby • Norman Crowder • Graeme Knowles • Christopher Lowson
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