David Farmbrough Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Rt Revd
David Farmbrough
Honorific-Suffix:MA(Oxon)
Bishop of Bedford
Diocese:Diocese of St Albans
Term:1981–93
Predecessor:Andrew Graham
Successor:John Richardson
Other Post:Honorary assistant bishop in St Albans (1994–present)
Archdeacon of St Albans (1974–81)
Ordination:1953 (deacon); 1954 (priest)
Consecration:1981
Birth Date:1929 5, df=yes
Death Place:Bromham, Bedfordshire
Religion:Anglican
Parents:Charles and Ida
Spouse:Angela Hill (m. 1955)
Profession:Writer
Alma Mater:Lincoln College, Oxford

David John Farmbrough (4 May 1929 – 9 March 2013)[1] was Bishop of Bedford from 1981 to 1993.[2]

Farmbrough was educated at Bedford School and Lincoln College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Bishop's Hatfield, after which he was priest in charge of St John's Church in the same parish.[3]

Following this he was Vicar of Bishop's Stortford. Later he became Rural Dean of the area and then (his final appointment before ordination to the episcopate[4]) Archdeacon of St Albans (1974–1981). In retirement he served the Diocese of St Albans as an assistant bishop.

Notes and References

  1. 'Farmbrough, Rt Rev. David John', Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U15445, accessed 10 July 2012
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  3. "Crockford's clerical directory, 1995" (Lambeth, Church House)
  4. "Debrett's People of Today 1992" (London, Debrett's))