David Saunders-Davies

David Henry Saunders-Davies (1894 – 12 August 1975^[1]) was the second Bishop of Stockport from 1951 until 1965.^[2]

Educated at Liverpool College and Queens' College, Cambridge,^[3] he held Curacies at St John, Birkenhead^[4] and St John, Reading^[5] and incumbencies at Hollingworth and Mobberley before wartime service with the RAFVR. When peace returned he was appointed Rural Dean and then Suffragan Bishop of Stockport. He was consecrated a bishop by Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, on 2 February 1951 at York Minster.^[6] After retiring, he was an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Worcester

References

^ Crockford's clerical directory Lambeth, Church House, 1976 Obituaries
^ New Bishop of Stockport consecrated The Times, Saturday, 3 February 1951; p. 8; Issue 51916; col D
^ "Saunders-Davies, David Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 3 April 2016. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Closed in 1971
^ "Parish profile". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 18 September 2008.
^ "Consecrations in two provinces". Church Times. No. 4592. 9 February 1951. p. 108. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 April 2016 – via UK Press Online archives.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Frank Okell	Bishop of Stockport 1951–1965	Succeeded by Gordon Strutt

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