About John Lewis
Lived 1909 – 1984 (aged 74). John Lewis was a British priest.
John Wilfred Lewis (25 September 1909 – 4 January 1984) was a British Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Ludlow from 1960 to 1970 and Archdeacon of Hereford from 1970 to 1976.
Lewis was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and Westcott House, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1936. After a curacy in Portsea he was chaplain at St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta. He then had incumbencies in Eastleigh, Reading and Wellington, Herefordshire. He was a canon residentiary at Hereford Cathedral from 1961 to 1970.
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Who was John Lewis?
Anglican priest and archdeacon, born 1909
When was John Lewis born?
John Lewis was born on 25 September 1909.
When did John Lewis die?
John Lewis died on 4 January 1984.
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John Lewis was a priest.
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John Lewis was British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: John Lewis (archdeacon of Hereford)
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