Reginald Foskett (1909 – 13 November 1973) was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Penrith in the modern era. [1]
Born in 1909 [2] he was educated at Derby School and Keble College, Oxford and ordained priest in 1933. After Curacies at Gedling and Mansfield he was Rector at Ordsall [3] followed by service as Rural Dean of Ilkeston. From 1957 he was Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh [4] before elevation to the Episcopate a decade later: a post he was to hold for only three years, retiring prematurely due to ill-health. [5] A dedicated historian of the church and of African history., [6] he died on 13 November 1973.
Reginald Foskett (1909 – 13 November 1973) was the fourth Anglican Bishop of Penrith in the modern era. [1]
Born in 1909 [2] he was educated at Derby School and Keble College, Oxford and ordained priest in 1933. After Curacies at Gedling and Mansfield he was Rector at Ordsall [3] followed by service as Rural Dean of Ilkeston. From 1957 he was Provost of St Mary's Cathedral, Edinburgh [4] before elevation to the Episcopate a decade later: a post he was to hold for only three years, retiring prematurely due to ill-health. [5] A dedicated historian of the church and of African history., [6] he died on 13 November 1973.