Hugh Blackburne
Hugh Charles Blackburne was the Bishop of Thetford from 1977 until 1981.[1]
Blackburne was born into an ecclesiastical family[2] on 4 June 1912 and educated at Marlborough[3] and Clare College, Cambridge before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate in Almondbury.[4] He was then a chaplain in the Forces and then held incumbencies at Milton, Hampshire, Harrow, the Hillsborough parishes[5] and Ranworth before being ordained to the episcopate. He died on 15 October 1995.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "The Right Rev. Hugh Blackburne". The Independent. 18 October 1995. p. 16.
- ^ His father was a former Dean of Bristol > The Times, 4 January 1944, p7.C
- ^ "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
- ^ Details within The National Archives
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