David Saunders-Davies

David Saunders-Davies

David Henry Saunders-Davies (1894 - 1975[1]) was the second Bishop of Stockport from 1951 until 1965.[2] Educated at Liverpool College and Queens' College, Cambridge,[3] he held Curacies at St John, Birkenhead[4] and St John, Reading[5] and incumbencies at Hollingworth and Mobberley before wartime service with the RAFVR. When peace returned he was appointed Rural Dean and then Suffragan Bishop of Stockport. After retiring, he was an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Worcester

Notes

  1. ^ Crockford's clerical directory Lambeth, Church House, 1976 Obituaries
  2. ^ New Bishop of Stockport consecrated The Times, Saturday, Feb 03, 1951; pg. 8; Issue 51916; col D
  3. ^ "Who was Who"1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. ^ Closed in 1971
  5. ^ Parish profile
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Frank Jackson Okell
Bishop of Stockport
1951 – 1965
Succeeded by
Rupert Gordon Strutt