Mervyn Banting

Anglican Archdeacon (1937–2022)

Kenneth Mervyn Lancelot Hadfield Banting (known as Mervyn;[1] 8 September 1937 – 8 February 2022)[2][3] was an Anglican priest, who was an Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight.

Banting was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge and Cuddesdon College. He was ordained deacon in 1965 and priest in 1966 [4] and began his career as Chaplain at Winchester College after which he was Assistant Curate at St Francis, Leigh Park. He then held incumbencies in Hemel Hempstead, Bedford[5] and Portsmouth before his island appointment in 1996.

Banting retired as Archdeacon in 2003.[6] He died on 8 February 2022, at the age of 84.[7]

## Notes

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* Christianity portal

1. ^ The Independent – Church appointments
2. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
3. ^ "Church Times: "Deaths", 11 February 2022".
4. ^ Crockford's clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
5. ^ All Saints web site Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
6. ^ "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Ven Kenneth Mervyn Lancelot Hadfield Banting". Retrieved 14 March 2022.
7. ^ "Church Times: "Deaths", 11 February 2022".

Church of England titles

Preceded by

Antony Hubert Michael Turner

|  Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight
February 1996- November 2003  | Succeeded by

Trevor Reader

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Archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth

Isle of Wight|

* Francis McDougall
* Henry Haigh
* James Macarthur, Bishop of Southampton
* Lewen Tugwell
* Robert McKew
* Hampton Weekes
* Edward Roberts
* Alexander Cory
* Geoffrey Tiarks
* Ron Scruby
* Freddie Carpenter
* Tony Turner
* Mervyn Banting
* Trevor Reader
* Caroline Baston
* Peter Sutton
* Peter Leonard
* Steve Daughtery

Portsmouth (until 1999) &
Portsdown (since 1999)|

* Neville Lovett
* Harold Rodgers
* Harold Hyde-Lees
* Arthur Kitching
* Edward Roberts
* Michael Peck
* Geoffrey Tiarks
* Christopher Prior
* Ron Scruby
* Norman Crowder
* Graeme Knowles
* Chris Lowson (became Archdeacon of Portsdown)
* Chris Lowson, Archdeacon of Portsdown
* Trevor Reader, Archdeacon of Portsdown
* Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown
* Jenny Rowley, Archdeacon-designate of Portsdown

The Meon|

* Peter Hancock
* Gavin Collins
* Will Hughes (acting)
* Kathryn Percival

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Anglican Diocese of Portsmouth

* Portsmouth Cathedral
* Bishopsgrove, Fareham
* Portsmouth Diocesan Office

Office holders|

* Jonathan Frost, Bishop of Portsmouth
* AEO: Bishop suffragan of Richborough (vacant) & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
* Anthony Cane, Dean of Portsmouth
* Jenny Rowley, Archdeacon-designate of Portsdown
* Steve Daughtery, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight
* Kathryn Percival, Archdeacon of the Meon

Historic offices|

* Provost of Portsmouth (1927–2000; see Dean of Portsmouth)
* Archdeacon of Portsmouth (1924–1999)

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