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Roger Plumpton Wilson
KCVO (3 August 1905 – 1 March 2002) was
Bishop of Wakefield,
[1]
[2] and later
Chichester,
[3] in the mid 20th century.
Born into an ecclesiastical family,
[4] he was educated at
Winchester College and
Keble College, Oxford; made deacon in
Advent 1935 (22 December), by
Albert David,
Bishop of Liverpool, at
Prescot Parish Church;
[5] and ordained priest the following
Advent (20 December), by
Herbert Gresford Jones,
Bishop of Warrington, at
Liverpool Cathedral.
[6] After
curacies at St Paul's,
Princes Park, Liverpool, and
St John's, Smith Square, he was
vicar of
South Shore, Blackpool, and
archdeacon of Nottingham before his appointment to the
episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on
St Mark's Day 1949 (25 April), by
Cyril Garbett,
Archbishop of York, at
York Minster,
[7] becoming Bishop of Wakefield in succession to
Henry McGowan.
[8] When
George Bell retired in 1958 he was enthroned as Lord Bishop of Chichester, until his own retirement in 1974.
He taught classics at
St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa for a period.
[9] He was
Clerk of the Closet from 1963 to 1975.
He was an active
Freemason.
[10] He served as Grand Chaplain (the most senior clerical appointment) in the
United Grand Lodge of England from 1957 to 1958.
[11]
References
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^
The Times, Tuesday, Apr 26, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51365; col C Consecration of the Bishop of Wakefield
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^
Diocesan web site
Archived 2007-07-06 at the
Wayback Machine
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^ Bishop Of Chichester Nominated Choice Of Dr. R. P. Wilson
The Times Tuesday, Nov 26, 1957; pg. 10; Issue 54008; col D
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^ His father was Clifford Plumpton Wilson, priest and canon >
“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London,
A & C Black, 1991
ISBN
0-7136-3457-X
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^
"Advent ordinations".
Church Times. No. 3805. 27 December 1935. p. 745.
ISSN
0009-658X. Retrieved 10 November 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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^
"Advent ordinations".
Church Times. No. 3857. 24 December 1936. p. 749.
ISSN
0009-658X. Retrieved 10 November 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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^
"Day of consecrations / picture caption".
Church Times. No. 4499. 29 April 1949. p. 265.
ISSN
0009-658X. Retrieved 10 November 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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^
The Right Reverend Roger Wilson, obituary, Daily Telegraph, 2 March 2003
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^ Michael De-la-Noy (4 March 2002).
"Obituary: The Rt Rev Roger Wilson". The Guardian. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
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^ Dixon, HR (1974). "Provincial Grand Lodge from 1855". The History of Freemasonry in Sussex. Brighton: Provincial Grand Lodge of Sussex. p. 115.
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^ "Grand Officers Alphabetically Arranged". United Grand Lodge of England: Masonic Year Book (edition 1986-1987) (1986-1987 ed.). London: UGLE. 1986.
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