Douglas Feaver Explained

Douglas Russell Feaver (1914–1997) was the Bishop of Peterborough in the Church of England from 1972^[1] to 1984.^[2]

Fever was educated at Bristol Grammar School and Keble College, Oxford;^[3] and ordained in 1938.^[4] He was a curate at St Alban's Abbey then a wartime chaplain in the RAFVR. He later became Sub-Dean of the abbey, Rural Dean of Nottingham (and Vicar of St Mary's) before becoming Peterborough's Bishop.^[5]

External links

• St Mary's, Nottingham

Notes and References

1. New bishop is nominated for Peterborough. By Our Religious Affairs Correspondent The Times (London, England), Thursday, 24 Aug 1972; p. 14; Issue 58561
2. News: Porter. J.R.. Obituary: The Right Rev Douglas Feaver . 29 October 2010. The Independent. November 1997.
3. "A Field Guide to the English Clergy' Butler-Gallie, F p. 119: London, Oneworld Publications, 2018
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London p. 317: Oxford University Press, 1976
5. 'FEAVER, Rt Rev. Douglas Russell', Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 25 Jan 2015