John Michael Lucas (13 June 1921 – 20 January 1992) was an

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: the

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from 1976 to 1981. He was educated at Kelly College and

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in 1945. He held curacies at Wolborough and Ashburton before becoming Rector of

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in 1952. He later held incumbencies at Landcross,

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, Northam and

Chudleigh Knighton Chudleigh Knighton is a small village in Devon, England, near to Newton Abbot and Bovey Tracey. Amenities Chudleigh Knighton Church of England Primary School has around 167 pupils, aged 5 to 11. The school has six classrooms on two floors. Th ...

before his

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’s appointment. Crockfords (Lambeth, Church House, 1975) ISBN (invalid) 0108153674, alternate version: , ,

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1921 births People educated at Kelly College Archdeacons of Totnes 1992 deaths {{Canterbury-archdeacon-20C-stub