Michael Jocelyn James Paget-Wilkes (born 11 December 1941) is an Anglican cleric who was Archdeacon of Warwick from 1990 to 2009. Paget-Wilkes was born in

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, the son of Rev. Arthur Hamilton Paget Wilkes and grandson of missionary Paget Wilkes. He was educated at Harper Adams Agricultural College and was an

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from 1964 to 1966. He studied for

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at the London College of Divinity; and was

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ed in 1970. After a

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at All Saints',

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, 1969–74 he was

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of St James'

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from 1974 to 1982; and then St Matthew,

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until his appointment as

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. He has also written ''The Church and Rural Development'' (1968); ''Poverty, Revolution and the Church'' (1981).

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; and "Things Fall Apart? The Mission of God and the Third Decade". 2020. web site accessed 09:48 GMT Wednesday 18 January 2017

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1959 births Living people Alumni of Harper Adams University Alumni of the London College of Divinity 20th-century English Anglican priests 21st-century English Anglican priests Archdeacons of Warwick {{Canterbury-archdeacon-20C-stub