Guy Sanderson
Wilfrid Guy Sanderson[1] (17 August 1905 – 22 July 1988) was an English Anglican Bishop of Plymouth from 1962 to 1972.[2]
He was born on 17 August 1905[3] and educated at Malvern and Merton College, Oxford.[4] After ordination he was a curate at Farnborough, Hampshire[5] and then priest in charge of St Aidan's Aldershot.[4][6] After this he had incumbencies at Woodham, Surrey, Alton, Hampshire, Silverton, Devon and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Barnstaple where he was also archdeacon of the region.[3][4] He was consecrated a bishop on 30 November 1962 by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral.[7]
He married Cecily Julia Mary Garrat in 1934; they had a son, also called Wilfrid, and two daughters, Gillian and Sally.
References[edit]
- ^ Torbay & District Organists' Association – St Petroc, South Brent
- ^ The Times, 26 June 1962, p. 14, "Ecclesiastical News: Next Bishop of Plymouth"
- ^ a b "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ a b c Levens, R.G.C., ed. (1964). Merton College Register 1900-1964. Oxford: Basil Blackwell. p. 169.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ History of Aldershot churches
- ^ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 5208. 7 December 1962. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 17 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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