Mervyn Armstrong

Mervyn Armstrong, OBE^[1] (1906 – 1984^[2]) was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the middle third of the 20th century. Educated at Balliol College, Oxford ^[3], he was ordained in 1938. His first posts were as a Chaplain in the RNVR^[4], after which he was Vicar of Margate. Appointed Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1949 he became Archdeacon of Stow and then Provost of Leicester Cathedral before elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Jarrow in 1958.

Notes

1. ^ NPG details
2. ^ Obituary- Right Rev Mervyn Armstrong The Times Thursday, Oct 04, 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61953; col G
3. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
4. ^ Crockford's clerical directory Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0180153674

Church of England titles
Preceded by Herbert Arthur Jones	Provost of Leicester Cathedral 1954 – 1958	Succeeded by Richard John Forrester Mayston
Preceded by John Alexander Ramsbotham	Bishop of Jarrow 1958 – 1965	Succeeded by Alexander Kenneth Hamilton

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