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John Harley Lang (27 October 19273 June 2012) was an
John Harley Lang (27 October 19273 June 2012) was an Anglican
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priest in the second half of the 20th century.
Lang was educated at Merchant Taylors' and trained for the priesthood at King's College London
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. After National Service
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with the 12th Royal Lancers
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he was ordained in 1952. Following 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 ...
at the large city parish of St Mary's, Portsea, Portsmouth
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he was Priest Vicar of Southwark Cathedral
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then Chaplain
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of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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. From 1963 until 1980 he worked in religious broadcasting for the BBC
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. Finally he was Dean of Lichfield
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for 13 years. He died on 3 June 2012.Daily Telegraph
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Issue no 48,844 dated June 12, 2012 "Head of BBC broadcasting who later met the challenge of change at Lichfield Cathedral
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