Charles Eric Corbett (6 October 1917 – 6 April 2002) was a clergyman in the

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, who was

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from 1970 to 1979.

Biography

Corbett was born in

Minera Minera (; ) is a village and community in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. It adjoins the village of Coedpoeth. The community, which in addition to Minera village includes a number of smaller hamlets such as Gwynfryn and New Brighton and large ...

, near

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Denbighshire Denbighshire ( ; ) is a county in the north-east of Wales. It borders the Irish Sea to the north, Flintshire to the east, Wrexham to the southeast, Powys to the south, and Gwynedd and Conwy to the west. Rhyl is the largest town, and Ruthi ...

in North Wales. He was educated at Grove Park School in Wrexham. He studied at

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, graduating with a BA in 1939, and then studied theology at

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. He was ordained as a

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in 1940 and as a

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in 1941 in

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, and served as a

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near Wrexham from 1940 to 1944. He was a

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in the

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on an emergency commission from 1944 to 1947, and served as a curate again, in

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near

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, from 1947 to 1949. He married Sylvia Elizabeth Mary (née Howe) in

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in 1949, and became rector of Christchurch,

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in 1950. He was vicar of St Catharine's church in Scholes near

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from 1954 to 1961, and then vicar of

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near Manchester until 1971, also serving as

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from 1964. Corbett succeeded

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in 1970; and in turn was succeeded by

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in 1979. He was then

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until 1983. He died at

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.''Deaths''

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(London, England), Monday, April 08, 2002; pg. 40; Issue 67419

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Corbett, Eric 1917 births 2002 deaths Archdeacons of Liverpool People educated at Grove Park School, Wrexham Alumni of Jesus College, Oxford People from Denbighshire Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers British Army personnel of World War II Military personnel from Wrexham County Borough