Lance Shilton
Anglican dean
About Lance Shilton
Lived 1921 – 1998 (aged 76). Lance Shilton was a curate.
Lancelot Rupert Shilton AM (30 December 192112 March 1998) was an Australian Anglican cleric. He became the 8th Dean of Sydney on 30 November 1973, remaining in office until 1988.
Shilton was born in late 1921 in Elsternwick, Victoria, His first post was as a curate in Hawthorn. Then he was the incumbent at Carlton from 1951 to 1954. After this he was at the University of London for two years completing a Bachelor of Divinity degree. From 1957 to 1973, he was the rector of Holy Trinity, Adelaide.
In 1985, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Australia (AM). He died on 12 March 1998.
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Anglican dean
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Lance Shilton was born on 30 December 1921.
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Lance Shilton died on 12 March 1998.
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