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20 January 2017

BUSH. — On 13 January, the Revd David Bush: Vicar of Marown (1980-87); Rector of the Rissingtons (1987-92); aged 93.

CALLAGHAN. — On 5 January, the Revd Harry Callaghan: Vicar of Meten-Meer-Zorg, British Guiana (1963-66); St Saviour’s, Georgetown, Guy­ana (1966-70); Information Officer of the Caribbean Council of Churches (1970-74); Missions to Sea­­men Chaplain, Manchester (1974-76); USPG Area Secretary for Man­chester, Blackburn and Sodor & Man (1976-84); Priest-in-Charge of St Martin’s, Wythenshawe (1984-85); Vicar (1985-91); St John, Top O’ Th’ Moss, Bolton (1991-98); Hon. Canon of Massachusetts since 1992; aged 82.

GRIFFIN. — On 11 January, the Very Revd Victor Gilbert Benjamin Griffin: Rector of Christ Church, Londonderry (1957-68); Rural Dean of Londonderry (1960-62); Lecturer of Magee University College, Londonderry (1960-68); Prebendary of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin (1962-68); Dean (1968-91); aged 92

JONES. — On 31 December, the Revd Anthony Spacie Jones: Vicar of Meten-Meer-Zorg, Guyana (1966-71); All Hallows’, Ipswich (1972-80); Rural Dean of Ipswich (1978-86); Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of St Edmundsbury (1980-82); Vicar of Rushmere (1982-91); Hon. Canon of St Edmundsbury Cathedral (1983-99); Rector of Brantham with Stutton (1991-99); Priest-in-Charge of Bentley with Tattingstone (1995-99); aged 82.

MORGAN. — On 12 January, the Revd Philip Richard Llewelyn Mor­gan: Chaplain of Haileybury College and Imperial Service College, Hert­fordshire (1958-73); Head Master of Haileybury Junior School, Berkshire (1974-87); Rector of the Deverills (1987-94); aged 89.

TANN. — On 1 January 2016, the Revd David John Tann: Assistant Curate of Sholing, in charge of St Francis’s (1960-64); Assistant Chap­lain of the University of London (1964-65); Assistant Curate of All Saints’, Fulham (1965-68); Teacher of God­olphin and Latymer School, Ham­mersmith (1986-73); Ealing Boys’ Grammar School (1969-73); Hon. Assistant Curate of All Saints’, Ful­ham (1972-82); Head of Religious Education of Green School, Isle­worth (1973-82); Vicar of St James’s, Dudley (1982-95); Chaplain of Burton Road Hospital, Dudley (1983-95); Hon. Canon of Wor­cester Cathedral (1990-95); Rural Dean of Dudley (1993-95); aged 84.

WALTERS. — On 1 January, the Revd Francis Raymond Walters: Succentor of Birmingham Cathedral (1956-58); Lecturer of the Queen’s Col­lege, Birmingham (1956-64); Assist­ant Curate of Harborne (1958-64); Vicar of St Nicholas’s, Leicester (1964-73); Chaplain of the Univers­ity of Leicester (1964-73); Rector of Appleby Magna (1973-77); Leicester Diocesan Education Secretary (1977-89); Priest-in-Charge of Swithland (1977-91); Hon. Canon of Leicester Cathedral (1977-91); aged 92.

WRIGHT. — On 11 January, the Revd Dr Kenyon Edward Wright: Methodist minister (1957-71); Dir­ector of International Ministry at Coventry Cathedral (1972-81); Resi­dential Canon of Coventry Cathed­ral (1974-81); Emeritus Canon since 1981; Director of Scottish Churches House, Dunblane (1981-90); Gen­eral Secretary of the Scottish Churches Council (1981-90); Direc­tor of the Kairos Trust (1990-92); Hon. Assistant Curate of Holy Cross, Glasgow (1991-92); Priest-in-Charge of All Saints’, Glencarse (1994-2000); aged 84.

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