The

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Kenneth Kay (1902–1958) was

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, England, from 1953 to 1957. Kay was educated at the Chorister School, Durham and the city's university ''Who Was Who 1897–2007''. London,

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, 2007 and

ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...

in 1926.

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1947-48 Oxford,

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, 1947 After a

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he became

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of St Oswald,

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. Following this he was a

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serving on

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from 1931 to 1933 when he became

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of Queensbury (during

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he returned to military service with the

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). In 1945 he became

of Heaton and in 1948 an

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1902 births People educated at the Chorister School, Durham Alumni of St Chad's College, Durham Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II Archdeacons of Bradford 1958 deaths Royal Navy chaplains World War II chaplains {{ChurchofEngland-archdeacon-stub