The Ven. Edgar Stephenson (24 September 1894 – 29 May 1984) was
Archdeacon of Rochdale
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from 1951 until 1962.
Stephenson was educated at the
University of Manchester
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; and
ordained
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in 1925. He held
curacies in
Salford
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and
Worsley
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in the greater Manchester area. He was
Vicar
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of St Mary,
Oldham
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from 1947 to 1955 and
Director
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of
Religious Education
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in the
Diocese of Manchester from 1955 to 1962.
[‘STEPHENSON, Ven. Edgar’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 201]
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References
1894 births
20th-century English Anglican priests
Alumni of the University of Manchester
Archdeacons of Rochdale
1984 deaths
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