David Saunders-Davies

David Henry Saunders-Davies (1894 – 12 August 1975[1]) was the second Bishop of Stockport from 1951 until 1965.[2]

Educated at Liverpool College and Queens' College, Cambridge,[3] he held Curacies at St John, Birkenhead[4] and St John, Reading[5] and incumbencies at Hollingworth and Mobberley before wartime service with the RAFVR. When peace returned he was appointed Rural Dean and then Suffragan Bishop of Stockport. He was consecrated a bishop by Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, on 2 February 1951 at York Minster.[6] After retiring, he was an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Worcester

References

  1. ↑ Crockford's clerical directory Lambeth, Church House, 1976 Obituaries
  2. ↑ New Bishop of Stockport consecrated The Times, Saturday, 3 Feb 1951; pg. 8; Issue 51916; col D
  3. ↑ Saunders-Davies, David Henry. Who Was Who. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 3 April 2016.
  4. ↑ Closed in 1971
  5. ↑ Parish profile
  6. ↑ "Consecrations in two provinces (Archived; subscription only)". Church Times (#4592). 9 February 1951. p. 108. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 April 2016. (subscription required (help)).
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Frank Okell		 Bishop of Stockport
1951–1965 		Succeeded by
Gordon Strutt
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