David Howell (31 May 1929 – 11 November 2017) was an

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priest and writer. The thrust of his ministry was in the area of health and healing, including posts as Director and Chaplain of the Divine Healing Mission from 1981 to 1989 and Director of the Council for Health and Healing from 1991 to 1993.

Personal life and education

Howell was born in

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, England, on 31 May 1929. He trained for ordination at Clifton Theological College and graduated in 1956. Howell had

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for some years before his death. He died in

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on 11 November 2017.

Ordained ministry

Howell was ordained as a deacon in 1959 and as a priest in 1960, at

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by Bishop Stretton Reeve. He began his career as a curate at St. Martin's Church,

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from 1959 to 1962. He was then vicar of St Paul's Church,

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from 1962 to 1971. In 1971, he moved for a further decade to St John's Church, Deptford, where he oversaw major building works alongside his ministry, from 1971 to 1981. In 1981, Howell was given the post of Director and Chaplain of the Divine Healing Mission. He left the Divine Healing Mission in 1989 and retired from ecclesiastical duties the following year. From 1991 to 1993, he was Director of the Churches' Council for Health and Healing. From 1993 to 2000, he was appointed to the

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as the Honorary Diocesan Advisor on Health and Healing. Later in life, he led tours and lectures, many on architecture, for the

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. Howell published several books with the Divine Healing Mission, including ''Healing in the communion'' (1987), ''Anointing with Oil'' (1999), ''The Armour of God'' (1999) and ''Healing & Wholeness in the New Testament''. In 1995, he wrote ''The Pain of Parting: Understanding the Grief Journey'', a guide through the grief journey for the bereaved, in which he incorporated his own knowledge as an ecclesiastic and his experiences of bereavement.Author: Revd David Howell
at Grove Books

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