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Deaths

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18 April 2019

CHANDA. — On 2 April, the Revd Daniel Khazan Chanda: Hon. Asisstant Curate of Perry Barr (1983-89); Small Heath (1989-98); aged 89.

COHEN. — On 8 April, the Ven. Clive Ronald Franklin Cohen: Rector of Winterslow (1985-2000); Rural Dean of Alderbury (1989-93); Canon and Prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral (1992-2000); Archdeacon of Bodmin (2000-11); Hon. Canon of Truro Cathedral (2000-11); Chapter Canon of Exeter Cathedral (2011-17); aged 73.

CROSSLEY. — On 10 April, the Revd George Alan Crossley: Vicar of St Paul’s, Oswaldtwistle (1965-72); Rector of Dufton (1972-73); Curate-in-Charge of Milburn with Newbiggin (1972-73); Rector of Long Marton with Dufton and Milburn (1972-76); Curate-in-Charge of St John’s, Beckermet (1976-78); Vicar of St John’s, Beckermet, with St Bridget’s, Beckermet, and Ponsonby (1978-84); Team Vicar in the Newbarns with Hawcoat Team Ministry (1984-89); Chaplain of Furness General Hospital (1984-89); Princess Royal Hospital, Telford (1989-97); Priest-in-Charge of Bilsborrow (1997-99); aged 84.

INWOOD. — On 14 April, the Rt Revd Richard Neil Inwood: Vicar of St Luke’s, Bath (1981-89); Rector of Yeovil with Kingston Pitney (1989-95); Prebendary of Wells Cathedral (1990-95); Archdeacon of Halifax (1995-2003); Suffragan Bishop of Bedford (2003-12); Central Chaplain to the Mothers’ Union (2005-12); Hon. Assistant Bishop in Derby diocese since 2012; aged 73.

KELLY. — On 8 April, the Revd Edward William Moncrieff Kelly: Missionary in New Guinea diocese (1960-65); Samarai Diocesan Secret­ary (1961); Hon. Missions to Seamen Chaplain, Papua New Guinea (1961-62); Vicar of Christ Church, Gosport (1965-69); Organising Secretary of the Papua New Guinea Mission (1969-77); Assistant Curate of St John the Baptist, Eltham (1969-87); Organising Secretary of the Papua New Guinea Church Partnership (1977-87); Hon. Provincial Canon of Papua New Guinea since 1978; Chaplain of St John’s Hospital, Trowbridge (1987-94); Team Rector in the Trowbridge Team Ministry (1987-94); Acting Rural Dean of Bradford (1991-92); aged 90.

THOMAS. — On 26 March, the Revd Simon Jonathan Francklin Thomas: with the South American Missionary Society, Peru (1980-82); Assistant Curate of Blenheim Grove, Camberwell (1982); with the South American Missionary Society in Bolivia (1983-95); Assistant Curate of St George and St Giles, Ashtead (1996-2006); aged 67.

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