Kenneth Harold Pillar (10 October 1924 – 21 February 2011) was the Bishop of Hertford from 1982 until 1989. [1]
Pillar was born on 10 October 1924 [2] and educated at Devonport High School for Boys and Queens' College, Cambridge before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate in Childwall. [3] He had been made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1950 (4 June) [4] and ordained priest the Trinity Sunday following (20 May 1951) — both times by Clifford Martin, Bishop of Liverpool [5] After his title, he was chaplain of Lee Abbey and then vicar of St Paul's Beckenham. He then held further incumbencies at Canterbury and Waltham Abbey before becoming a bishop. [6] He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 1982, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. [7] In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Sheffield.
References
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pillar, Kenneth Harold". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009, Lambeth, Church House Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
- ^ "Ordinations at Trinity". Church Times. No. 4557. 9 June 1950. p. 437. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Trinity Ordinations". Church Times. No. 4607. 25 May 1951. p. 357. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ The Times, 2 December 1981, p. 12., Latest appointments
- ^ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 6208. 5 February 1982. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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Kenneth Harold Pillar (10 October 1924 – 21 February 2011) was the Bishop of Hertford from 1982 until 1989. [1]
Pillar was born on 10 October 1924 [2] and educated at Devonport High School for Boys and Queens' College, Cambridge before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate in Childwall. [3] He had been made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1950 (4 June) [4] and ordained priest the Trinity Sunday following (20 May 1951) — both times by Clifford Martin, Bishop of Liverpool [5] After his title, he was chaplain of Lee Abbey and then vicar of St Paul's Beckenham. He then held further incumbencies at Canterbury and Waltham Abbey before becoming a bishop. [6] He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 1982, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. [7] In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Sheffield.
References
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[ permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pillar, Kenneth Harold". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009, Lambeth, Church House Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
- ^ "Ordinations at Trinity". Church Times. No. 4557. 9 June 1950. p. 437. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Trinity Ordinations". Church Times. No. 4607. 25 May 1951. p. 357. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ The Times, 2 December 1981, p. 12., Latest appointments
- ^ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 6208. 5 February 1982. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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