Sydney Cyril Bulley (12 June 1907 – 20 November 1989) was an English bishop. He was born on 12 June 1907 and educated at the

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. He was a member of

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. He began his ministry as a curate at Newark and was then successively

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(1942),

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(1946), Director of Religious Education in the

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and

Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness The Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness is a senior ecclesiastical officer within the Diocese of Carlisle. As such he or she is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy within its four rural deaneries: Barrow, Windermere, K ...

(c.1950) before his ordination to the episcopate, initially as the Suffragan

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(1959–1966) and then as

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(1966–1972). In 1972 he was an awarded an

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by Durham. A noted author, his works included the autobiographical “The Glass of Time”, published in 1981, “Faith, Fire and Fun”, 1985 and “Glimpses of the Divine”, 1987 He was also a Cumbrian enthusiast.Details of campaign he spearheaded
/ref> He retired in 1972 and died on 20 November 1989.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Bulley, Sydney Cyril 1907 births Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham Archdeacons of Westmorland and Furness Bishops of Penrith Bishops of Carlisle 20th-century Church of England bishops 1989 deaths Honorary chaplains to the King 20th-century Anglican theologians