About Michael Henshall
Lived 1928 – 2017 (aged 88). Michael Henshall was an anglican priest.
Michael Henshall (29 February 1928 – 7 February 2017) was a long serving Suffragan Bishop of Warrington.
Henshall was educated at Manchester Grammar School and St Chad's College, Durham. He was ordained in 1957 and began his career with a curacy in Bridlington before Incumbencies at Micklehurst and Altrincham. From there he ascended to the Episcopate of Warrington a post he held for 20 years, retiring in 1996.
His son, Nicholas Henshall, was Dean of Chelmsford from 2014 to 2023.
He died on 7 February 2017 at the age of 88.
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Michael Henshall was an anglican priest.
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