About Victor Shearburn
Lived 1900 – 1975 (aged 75). Victor Shearburn was an anglican priest.
Victor George Shearburn (28 October 1900 – 3 December 1975) was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the middle third of the 20th century. He was educated at Felsted and Hertford College, Oxford. Ordained in 1924 he held curacies at All Souls, Clapton Park and St Barnabas, Pimlico before becoming a member of the Community of the Resurrection. In 1955 he became Bishop of Rangoon, a post he held for 11 years; retiring back to Mirfield, he served as an Assistant Bishop of Wakefield.
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Who was Victor Shearburn?
Anglican bishop (1900-1975)
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Victor Shearburn was born on 28 October 1900.
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Victor Shearburn died on 3 December 1975.
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Victor Shearburn was an anglican priest.
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