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John Richard Alford (21 June 1919 – 27 February 1995) was a
Church of England priest. He was the
Archdeacon of Halifax from 1972 to 1984.
[1]
[2]
Alford was educated at
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and
Ripon College Cuddesdon ; and
ordained in 1944.
[3] After
curacies in
Halifax and
Wakefield he became a
Tutor at
Wells Theological College . He was
Priest-
Vicar of
Wells Cathedral from 1950 to 1956;
Vice-Principal of
The Queen's College, Birmingham from 1956 to 1967; and
Vicar of
Shotwick from then until 1972.
[4]
References
^ Church news
The Times (London, England), Friday, 12 May 1972; p. 13; Issue 58476
^ Church news
The Times (London, England), Thursday, 1 November 1984; p. 18; Issue 61975
^
Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 Oxford,
OUP ,1947
^ ‘ALFORD, Ven. John Richard’, 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 3 December 2014
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