The Ven. Bernard Lee Holdridge SSC (24 July 1935 – 4 September 2021) was the

Archdeacon of Doncaster The Archdeacon of Doncaster is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Sheffield, responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within the six Rural Dean, area deaneries: Adwick-le-Street, Doncaster, Snaith & Hatfield, T ...

from 1994 to 2001. Holdridge was educated at

Thorne Grammar School Trinity Academy is a non-selective co-educational secondary school in the English Academy (English school), Academy programme, at Thorne, South Yorkshire, Thorne near Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. It is a member of the Emmanuel Schools F ...

and

Lichfield Theological College Lichfield Theological College was founded in 1857 to train Anglican clergy to serve in the Church of England. Uniquely at its foundation, the college did not require a degree, and non-graduates made up the majority of its ordinands. The college ...

; and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

in 1968. After a

curacy A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' () of souls of a parish. In this sense, ''curate'' means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy who are ass ...

in Swinton he held incumbencies in

Hexthorpe Hexthorpe is a suburb of Doncaster, South Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the West Riding of Yorkshire, the area's shape resembles a rhombus, with borders with Balby and Doncaster city centre, separated by railway lines and the rive ...

, Rawmarsh and

Worksop Worksop ( ) is a market town in the Bassetlaw District in Nottinghamshire, England. It is located south of Doncaster, south-east of Sheffield and north of Nottingham. Located close to Nottinghamshire's borders with South Yorkshire and Derbys ...

. He had been a Guardian of the

Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham Our Lady of Walsingham is a Titles of Mary, title given to Mary, mother of Jesus, Mary, the mother of Jesus, venerated by Catholics and high church, high-church Anglicans. According to tradition, the title is linked to a Marian apparition, Maria ...

since 1996.‘HOLDRIDGE, Ven. Bernard Lee’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 201
accessed 27 Aug 2017
/ref>

References

1935 births 2021 deaths People associated with York St John University Alumni of Lichfield Theological College Archdeacons of Doncaster People from Thorne, South Yorkshire People educated at Thorne Grammar School {{York-archdeacon-stub