Trevor Alan John Reader is a retired Anglican

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: he was

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Portsdown Portsdown is a biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on Portsdown Hill, on the northern outskirts of Portsmouth in Hampshire. This is a linear south-facing escarpment with a rich chalk grassland flora. The diverse insect fauna includes a ...

from 2006 until 2013. Born in Pembrokeshire, Wales on 3 August 1946, he was educated at Portsmouth Polytechnic. He was a

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then a Lecturer there until 1986; after which he studied for

ordination Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform v ...

at Salisbury and Wells Theological College. He was an

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at St Mary, Alverstoke from 1986 to 1989 and then

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at St Mary, Hook-with-Warsash until 1998. He was

of Holy Trinity, Blendworth, with St Michael and all Angels,

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with St Hubert,

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and

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Director of Non-Stipendiary Ministry until 2003 when he became

of the

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, a post he held until his appointment to Portsdown. He retired in January 2013. He is married to Lynne and has 6 daughters.

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1946 births People associated with the University of Portsmouth Archdeacons of the Isle of Wight Archdeacons of Portsdown Living people {{Canterbury-archdeacon-stub English Anglican priests 21st-century English Anglican priests People from Pembrokeshire People educated at Salisbury Cathedral School