About David Farmbrough
Lived 1929 – 2013 (aged 83). David Farmbrough was an anglican priest.
David John Farmbrough (4 May 1929 – 9 March 2013) was Bishop of Bedford from 1981 to 1993.
Farmbrough was educated at Bedford School and Lincoln College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Bishop's Hatfield, after which he was priest in charge of St John's Church in the same parish.
Following this he was Vicar of Bishop's Stortford. Later he became Rural Dean of the area and then (his final appointment before ordination to the episcopate ) Archdeacon of St Albans (1974–1981). In retirement he served the Diocese of St Albans as an assistant bishop.
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Who was David Farmbrough?
Bishop of Bedford (1929-2013)
When was David Farmbrough born?
David Farmbrough was born on 4 May 1929.
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David Farmbrough died on 9 March 2013 in Bromham.
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David Farmbrough was an anglican priest.
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