Christopher Hewetson (priest) explained

Christopher Hewetson (1 June 1937 – 2 April 2024) was Archdeacon of Chester from 1994^[1] to 2002.^[2]

Biography

Born on 1 June 1937 he was educated at Shrewsbury School and Trinity College, Oxford. After an earlier career as a school teacher he was ordained in 1970 following a period of study at Chichester Theological College.^[3] After curacies in Leckhampton and Wokingham he was successively: vicar of St Peter's, Didcot from 1973 to 1982; rector of All Saints, Ascot from 1982 to 1990; and priest in charge of Holy Trinity, Headington Quarry from 1990 to 1994.

Hewetson died on 2 April 2024, at the age of 86.^[4]

Notes and References

1. Church news. The Times (London, England), Monday, August 22, 1994; pg. 16; Issue 65039
2. ‘HEWETSON, Ven. Christopher’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 22 March 2013
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
4. News: Venerable Christopher Hewetson . 11 April 2024 . The Times . 11 April 2024.