Bernard Fernyhough (2 September 1932 – 19 February 2000) was an Anglican priest. He was the
Archdeacon of Oakham
The Archdeacon of Oakham is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Anglican Diocese of Peterborough. As such he or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its six rural deaneries: Corby, Higham, Kettering, Oun ...
from 1977 to 1999.
Fernyhough was educated at
Wolstanton Grammar School and
Saint David's College, Lampeter. He was
ordained
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in 1955 and his first appointment was as
Precentor
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at
Trinidad
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Cathedral
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.
['' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ] He was then
Rector
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*Rector (ecclesiastical), a cleric who functions as an administrative leader in some Christian denominations
*Rector (academia), a senior official in an edu ...
of
Stoke Bruerne
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The civil parish population at the 2011 Census was 373.
History
Stoke Brue ...
and
Vicar
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of
Ravensthorpe Ravensthorpe may refer to any of the following places.
England
*Ravensthorpe, Dewsbury in West Yorkshire
**Ravensthorpe railway station, Dewsbury
*Ravensthorpe, Northamptonshire
*Ravensthorpe, Peterborough in Cambridgeshire
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before his years as an
archdeacon. He died on 19 February 2000.
Notes
1932 births
People educated at Wolstanton Grammar School
Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter
Archdeacons of Oakham
2000 deaths
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