Ronald Claud Dudley Jasper

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(17 August 1917 – 11 April 1990) was a British

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priest who was Dean of York between 1975 and 1984. Born on 17 August 1917, he was educated at Plymouth College and the

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. He was ordained after studying at the

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in 1940. He held curacies in Ryhope, Durham and Esh before being appointed

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. He was

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of Stillington from 1948 to 1955 and

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until 1960. He was then a

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studies at

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. In 1968 he was appointed a

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and in 1974 Archdeacon of Westminster, his last appointment before becoming Dean of York. He was dean at the time of the fire at

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in 1984. An eminent author, he died on 11 April 1990. He was married to Betty, who died in 2013. They had a son and a daughter. The son is the theologian David Jasper. The daughter, Christine, is married to Nicholas Reade, Bishop of Blackburn (2004–12).

Books

*''

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Revision in England, 1800–1900'', 1954. *'' George Bell:

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'', 1967. *''A Christian’s Prayer Book'', '' The Daily Office Revised'', 1978. *''The Development of the

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1662–1980''. *''Language and the Worship of the Church'' *With Paul F. Bradshaw, ''A Companion to the Alternative Service Book'', SPCK, 1986.

References

20th-century English Anglican priests 1917 births Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of the College of the Resurrection Academics of King's College London Anglican liturgists Archdeacons of Westminster Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Deans of York Historians of the Book of Common Prayer 1990 deaths People from Stillington, County Durham {{Canterbury-archdeacon-20C-stub