Freddy Temple
Frederick Stephen "Freddy" Temple (24 November 1916 – 26 November 2000)[1] was the Suffragan Bishop of Malmesbury from 1973 until 1983.
Temple was the grandson of Frederick Temple and the nephew of William Temple, both Archbishops of Canterbury.[2] He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1948[3] and was a curate in Newark and later Rector of St Agnes' Longsight[4] and Dean of Hong Kong. He returned to England to be senior chaplain to Geoffrey Fisher, then Archbishop of Canterbury.[5] He was then Vicar of St Mary’s Portsea, Portsmouth, the largest parish of the city, and then Archdeacon of Malmesbury until his ordination to the episcopate. He retired in 1983[6] and died on 26 November 2000.
References[]
- ^ The Telegraph — Obituary, Freddy Temple
- ^ ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
- ^ “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
- ^ "Church website". Archived from the original on 2008-05-09. Retrieved 2008-12-30.
- ^ "Senior Chaplain At Lambeth Palace", The Times, 8 May 1959, p. 14.
- ^ The Times, 20 April 1983, p. 16., "'Bishop of Malmesbury to resign"
Categories:
- 1916 births
- People educated at Rugby School
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- Deans of Hong Kong
- Archdeacons of Malmesbury
- 20th-century Church of England bishops
- Bishops of Swindon (previously Malmesbury)
- 2000 deaths