Arthur Smith (priest)
Arthur Cyril Smith, VRD was an Anglican priest, who served as Archdeacon of Lincoln from 1960 to 1976;[1] and also a member of the General Synod from 1970 to 1976.[2]
He was educated at St. John's College, University of Manitoba, the University of Sheffield and Westcott House, Cambridge; and ordained in 1935. After a curacies in Keighley and Bishop's Hatfield he was a Chaplain in the RNVR during World War II. When peace returned he became Rector of South Ormsby, a post he held until 1960.[3]
References
- ^ 'Smith, Ven. Arthur', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 17 Oct 2014
- ^ Telegraph obituary
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2000/01 p673: London, CHurch House, 2000 ISBN 0-7151-8106-8