- Douglas Sargent
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Douglas Noel Sargent (1907 – 1979[1]) was the 3rd Bishop of Selby. He was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys and King’s College, Cambridge[2] and ordained in 1932. His first post was as Curate at Willian, Hertfordshire.[3] Subsequently he embarked on a long spell as a Missionary[4] in Sichuan Province[5] at West China Union University.[6] From 1961 until 1962 he was Principal of the Church Mission Society[7] when he was elevated to the Episcopate,[8] a post he held until his retirement to York.
Notes
- ^ National Portrait Gallery Details
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory 1975:Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
- ^ ”The making of a missionary” Sargent,D.N: London Hodder & Stoughton 1960
- ^ ”Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions” Angerson, G.H., New York,Macmillan Reference USA, 1998 ISBN 0028646045
- ^ Details of the University
- ^ “Deep impression on the trainees”
- ^ The Times, Wednesday, 14 March 1962; p. 14; Issue 55339; col E Ecclesiastical News Bishop Suffragan Of Selby
Church of England titles Preceded by
Carey Frederick KnyvettBishop of Selby
1962 – 1971Succeeded by
Morris Henry St John MaddocksBishops of Selby Henry Woollcombe • Carey Knyvett • Douglas Sargent • Morris Maddocks • Clifford Barker • Humphrey Taylor • Martin Wallace
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