Ronald Norman Shapley MC was a Colonial Anglican Bishop in the Windward Islands from 1949 [1] until 1962.
He was born on 16 July 1890 and educated at King's College London. [2] After World War I with the London Regiment [3] he was ordained in 1920. [4] After a curacy at St Clement's Notting Hill [5] he was Chaplain of the Gordon Boys' Home. In 1927 he entered the Chaplains' Branch of the RAF rising in time to be Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief before his appointment to the episcopate. He was ordained and consecrated a bishop on St Luke's day (18 October) at Southwark Cathedral [6] by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, [7] and died on 27 December 1964. [8]
- ^ Consecration of Three Bishops Service in Southwark Cathedral The Times Wednesday, 19 October 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51516; col C
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Church web-site
- ^ "London consecrations". Church Times. No. 4522. 7 October 1949. p. 657. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "(picture caption)". Church Times. No. 4524. 21 October 1949. p. 693. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ The Times Saturday, 21 August 1965; pg. 8; Issue 56406; col C Deaths
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- Associates of King's College London
- Recipients of the Military Cross
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Ronald Norman Shapley MC was a Colonial Anglican Bishop in the Windward Islands from 1949 [1] until 1962.
He was born on 16 July 1890 and educated at King's College London. [2] After World War I with the London Regiment [3] he was ordained in 1920. [4] After a curacy at St Clement's Notting Hill [5] he was Chaplain of the Gordon Boys' Home. In 1927 he entered the Chaplains' Branch of the RAF rising in time to be Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief before his appointment to the episcopate. He was ordained and consecrated a bishop on St Luke's day (18 October) at Southwark Cathedral [6] by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, [7] and died on 27 December 1964. [8]
- ^ Consecration of Three Bishops Service in Southwark Cathedral The Times Wednesday, 19 October 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51516; col C
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Church web-site
- ^ "London consecrations". Church Times. No. 4522. 7 October 1949. p. 657. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "(picture caption)". Church Times. No. 4524. 21 October 1949. p. 693. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ The Times Saturday, 21 August 1965; pg. 8; Issue 56406; col C Deaths
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| This article about a member of the Christian clergy is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1890 births
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Alumni of King's College London
- Associates of King's College London
- Recipients of the Military Cross
- 20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean
- Anglican bishops of the Windward Islands
- 1965 deaths
- Royal Air Force chaplains
- London Regiment officers
- Deans of St George's Cathedral, Kingstown
- Christian clergy stubs