Roderick Wells
English Anglican priest
Roderick John Wells (born 17 November 1936) is an English Anglican priest, who was Archdeacon of Stow in the Diocese of Lincoln from 1989 to 2001.[1]
Wells was an Insurance clerk from 1953 to 1955; a Radar Mechanic in the RAF from 1955 to 1957; and an Assistant Master at Chester Choir School from 1957 to 1959. He then completed a BA at Durham University and a MA at the University of Hull. After a curacy at St Mary-at-Lambeth from, 1965 to 1971;[2] Rector of Skegness from 1971 to 1978; Team Rector of Grimsby from 1978 to 1989; Area Dean of Cleethorpes from 1983 to 1989; Archdeacon of Stow from, 1989 to 2001, and of Lindsey from 1994 to 2001.[3]
See also
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References
- ^ Church News The Times (London, England), Friday, 5 October 2001; pg. 4[S]; Issue 67262
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76:London, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ ‘WELLS, Ven. Roderick John’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, November 2016 accessed 6 May 2017
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