Samuel Singer
Appearance
Samuel Stanfield Singer | |
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Dean of Glasgow and Galloway | |
Church | Anglican |
Diocese | Glasgow and Galloway |
In office | 1974–1987 |
Predecessor | Frederick Goldie |
Successor | Douglas William John Reid |
Other post(s) | Vicar, Middleton, Derbyshire Rector, All Saints, Glasgow |
Orders | |
Ordination |
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Personal details | |
Born | Samuel Stanfield Singer May 2, 1920 |
Died | 13 November 1989 | (aged 69)
Nationality | Scottish |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
Samuel Stanfield Singer (2 May 1920 – 13 November 1989) was a Scottish episcopal clergyman who was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway from 1974 to 1987.
Career
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Singer was born on 2 May 1920.[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained a deacon in 1943, and as a priest in 1944. Following a curacy at Christ Church, Derriaghy, Northern Ireland,[2] he was a Minor Canon at Down Cathedral from 1945 until 1947.
After another curacy in Wirksworth, Singer was Vicar of Middleton, Derbyshire, then Rector of All Saints, Glasgow.[3] He was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway from 1974 to 1987.[4] Singer died on 13 November 1989.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ Bertie (Ibid) p412
- ^ Church clergy history
- ^ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1987/88) p 509 ISBN 0-7151-8066-5
- ^ "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M p596: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
- ^ ‘SINGER, Rev. Canon Samuel Stanfield’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 4 Sept 2015