David Bonser (1 February 1934 – 20 March 2005) was the

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Bishop of Bolton The Bishop of Bolton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester, in the province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Bolton in Greater Manchester; the See was erected ...

from 1991 until 1999. Educated at

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Bonser studied for ordination at St Boniface Missionary College, Warminster. He became an Associate of King's College (AKC) in 1961 and later obtained an MA from the

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(1975). He embarked upon curacies in

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and

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. From 1968 until 1972 he was Rector of St Clement's, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, and latterly an

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. For nine years after that he was

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before elevation to the

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ric of

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in 1991. He retired eight years later and died on 20 March 2005.Details of memorial service
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1934 births 2005 deaths Alumni of King's College London Alumni of the University of Manchester 20th-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Rochdale Bishops of Bolton Associates of King's College London Alumni of St Boniface Missionary College, Warminster {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub