Thomas Shaun Stanage (1932 – 18 March 2020) was bishop of

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in the

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from 1982 to 1997.

Biography

Stanage was born in

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in 1932 and was educated at

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( BA 1956, MA 1960) and

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(1956–58). He was ordained

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in 1958,

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in 1959 and

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in 1978 and went on to serve as an

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St Faith 1958–61, Minister of Orford

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Conventional District (1961–63) and vicar of St Andrew's Church, Orford (1963–70). He has lived and worked in

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since 1970. In 1975 he was appointed

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, remaining in office until 1978 when he was elected

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. He was appointed as the diocesan bishop, holding the see of

from 1982 until his retirement in 1997, Since retiring, he has been a lecturer in theology in the

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. He received the degree of

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''honoris causa'' from

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in 1986.

Arms

The arms granted to Stanage are blazoned ''Per chevron ploys, Azure and Argent, the peak ensigned with a fleur-de-lis Or, in dexter chief a horse salient contoumè and in sinister chief a lion rampant, Argent, in base a Celtic cross issuant Gules, voided Argent; the shield ensigned of an episcopal mitre proper''.

Sources

* *''Crockford's Clerical Directory'' (97th edn, London: Church House Publishing, 2001), p. 711
''Government Gazette'' 15805 (24 June 1994), p. 4

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stanage, Thomas 1932 births 2020 deaths Irish Anglican theologians Irish expatriate Protestant bishops Irish emigrants to the United Kingdom Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Academic staff of the University of the Free State 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops Anglican bishops of Bloemfontein Deans of Kimberley 20th-century Church of England clergy