Vernon Nicholls
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Reference style | The Right Reverend |
Spoken style | My Lord |
Religious style | Bishop |
Vernon Sampson Nicholls (1917–1996) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man[1] from 1974 to 1983.[2]
He was born in Truro [3] on 3 September 1917 [4] and educated at Truro School and Durham University. He studied for ordination at Clifton Theological College, was ordained in 1941,[5] and held Curacies at Bedminster Down, Bristol, and at Liskeard in Cornwall.[6] He was a temporary Chaplain to the Forces from 1944 to 1946. Later he was Vicar of Meopham[7] then Rural Dean of Walsall. From 1967 to 1974 he was Archdeacon of Birmingham when he was elevated to the Episcopate.[8] From 1980 he was also Dean of the newly created Peel Cathedral. He died on 2 February 1996 in Stratford-on-Avon.
Notes
- ^ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis, P (1992, London, Debrett's) p 1485 ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
- ^ The Times, Friday, 29 Apr 1983; pg. 14; Issue 61519; col A Bishop of Sodor and Man to retire
- ^ "Priests And Prelates: The Daily Telegraph Clerical Obituaries" Beeson, T.R: London, Continuum, 2002 ISBN 978-0-8264-6337-1
- ^ "Who's Who 1992" p1370 (London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947 p958
- ^ Independent obituary
- ^ Residents of Renown Archived 28 June 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Bishops of Sodor and Man Archived 31 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine