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Eric Evans (priest, born 1928)

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Thomas Eric Evans KCVO[1] (1 February 1928 – 17 August 1996)[2] was Dean of St Paul's[3] from 1988 until his death eight years later.

Biography

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Evans was educated at St David's College, Lampeter,[4] and then at at St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1954 [5] and began his ordained ministry with curacies in Margate and Bournemouth. After this, he was youth chaplain for the Diocese of Gloucester and then Canon Missioner at Gloucester Cathedral and Archdeacon of Cheltenham.

Evans served on the Board of the Council for the Care of Churches and was a Member of the Church of England Synod. He was a Church Commissioner.

References

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  1. ^ London Gazette
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ^ ”The Deans”, Beeson,T.R: London, SCM, 2004 ISBN 0-334-02987-2
  4. ^ "Very Reverend Eric Evans | UWTSD". www.uwtsd.ac.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2023.
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Cheltenham
1975–1988
Succeeded by
Preceded by Dean of St Paul's
1988–1996
Succeeded by