Frank Weston

Frank Valentine Weston (16 September 1935 – 29 April 2003) was suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough in the then Diocese of Ripon and Leeds from December 1997 until his death in April 2003.

Biography Weston was born into a clerical family; his uncle was Frank Weston (Bishop of Zanzibar). He was educated at Christ's Hospital and The Queen's College, Oxford (BA 1960, MA 1964 ). He then studied for ordination at Lichfield Theological College.

Weston was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1961 and as a priest in 1962. He was a curate in Atherton (1961–65). Then began an association of more than 20 years with the College of the Ascension at Selly Oak, initially as chaplain (1965–69) and then as principal (1969–76). In 1982 he was appointed Archdeacon of Oxford and a residentiary canon of Christ Church, Oxford. until his death in 2003. He was welcomed into the diocese during a service at Ripon Cathedral on 25 January 1998.