Mansel Harry Bates (4 August 1912 – 14 December 1980) was Archdeacon of Lindisfarne from 1970 until his death. [1]
Bates was educated at the Liverpool Institute [2] and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1936 after studying at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford; and began his ecclesiastical career as a curate at SS John and James, Litherland. After this he was Curate in Charge of Netherton [3] and then held incumbencies in [Everton, Liverpool|Everton] and was appointed vicar of St Lukes Crosby then Jesmond until his Archdeacon’s appointment.
Mansel Harry Bates (4 August 1912 – 14 December 1980) was Archdeacon of Lindisfarne from 1970 until his death. [1]
Bates was educated at the Liverpool Institute [2] and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1936 after studying at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford; and began his ecclesiastical career as a curate at SS John and James, Litherland. After this he was Curate in Charge of Netherton [3] and then held incumbencies in [Everton, Liverpool|Everton] and was appointed vicar of St Lukes Crosby then Jesmond until his Archdeacon’s appointment.