Charles James Stranks (10 May 1901 – 30 August 1981) [1] was a British Anglican priest [2] and author. [3]
Stranks was born in Buckinghamshire, [4] educated at Durham University [5] and St Boniface College, Warminster; and ordained in 1926. After a curacy in Leeds he was a missionary in Japan from 1928 to 1940. He was the Vicar of Morecambe from 1941 to 1947; Warden of Whalley Abbey from 1947 [6] from 1947 to 1953; a Canon at Durham University from 1954; and Archdeacon of Auckland from 1958 to 1973. [7]
Charles James Stranks (10 May 1901 – 30 August 1981) [1] was a British Anglican priest [2] and author. [3]
Stranks was born in Buckinghamshire, [4] educated at Durham University [5] and St Boniface College, Warminster; and ordained in 1926. After a curacy in Leeds he was a missionary in Japan from 1928 to 1940. He was the Vicar of Morecambe from 1941 to 1947; Warden of Whalley Abbey from 1947 [6] from 1947 to 1953; a Canon at Durham University from 1954; and Archdeacon of Auckland from 1958 to 1973. [7]