Mervyn Armstrong
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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
- ↑ NPG details
- ↑ Obituary- Right Rev Mervyn Armstrong The Times Thursday, 4 October 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61953; col G
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
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| Preceded by | Provost of Leicester Cathedral 1954 – 1958 |
Succeeded by Richard John Forrester Mayston |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Jarrow 1958 – 1965 |
Succeeded by Alexander Kenneth Hamilton |
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