David Saunders-Davies Explained

David Henry Saunders-Davies (1894  - 12 August 1975[1]) was the second Bishop of Stockport from 1951 until 1965.[2]

Educated at Liverpool College and Queens' College, Cambridge, he held Curacies at St John, Birkenhead[3] and St John, Reading[4] and incumbencies at Hollingworth and Mobberley before wartime service with the RAFVR. When peace returned he was appointed Rural Dean and then Suffragan Bishop of Stockport. He was consecrated a bishop by Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, on 2 February 1951 at York Minster. After retiring, he was an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Worcester

References

  1. [Crockford's clerical directory]
  2. New Bishop of Stockport consecrated The Times, Saturday, 3 February 1951; p. 8; Issue 51916; col D
  3. http://www.ukbmd.org.uk/genuki/chs/birkenhead.html Closed in 1971
  4. Web site: Parish profile . 18 September 2008 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509131246/http://www.stjohnandstephen.co.uk/assets/ParishProfile.doc . 9 May 2008 . dead .