Basil Guy (bishop) explained

Basil Tudor Guy[1] (9 March 1910  - 29 April 1975) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[2]

Guy was born on 9 March 1910 and educated at Forest School and Keble College, Oxford.[3] After a curacy at Wanstead, he was Vicar of Bradninch then St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock before his appointment as Archdeacon of Bedford in 1956. A year later he was elevated to Bishop of Bedford[4] in 1957. Five years later he was translated to Gloucester where he stayed until his death from cancer on 29 April 1975.[5]

References

  1. http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp75492 NPG details
  2. Obituary-Bishop Of Gloucester The Times Tuesday, Mar 04, 1975; pg. 16; Issue 59335; col F
  3. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]
  4. with the additional position of Archdeacon of St Albans
  5. "Deaths in the last year", Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976.