Freddy Temple
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Frederick Stephen "Freddy" Temple[1] was the Suffragan Bishop of Malmesbury from 1973 until 1983.
Temple was born into a distinguished Ecclesiastical family[2] on 24 November 1916[3] and educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1948[4] and was a curate in Newark and later Rector of St Agnes' Longsight[5] and Dean of Hong Kong. He returned to England to be senior chaplain to Geoffrey Fisher, then Archbishop of Canterbury.[6] He was then Vicar of St Mary’s Portsea, Portsmouth, the largest parish of the city, and then Archdeacon of Malmesbury until his ordination to the episcopate. He retired in 1983[7] and died on 26 November 2000.
References
- ↑ The Telegraph — Obituary, Freddy Temple
- ↑ Both his grandfather and uncle were Archbishops of Canterbury
- ↑ ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
- ↑ “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
- ↑ Church website
- ↑ "Senior Chaplain At Lambeth Palace", The Times, 8 May 1959, p. 14.
- ↑ The Times, 20 April 1983, p. 16., "'Bishop of Malmesbury to resign"
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Preceded by | Dean of Hong Kong 1953 –1959 |
Succeeded by Barry Till |
Preceded by | Bishop of Malmesbury 1973 –1983 |
Succeeded by Peter Firth |