Geoffrey Sidaway Explained
Geoffrey Harold Sidaway (28 October 1942 – 20 April 2014)[1] was Archdeacon of Gloucester from 2000 until 2012.[2]
Sidaway studied for ordination at Kelham Theological College and was priested in 1967.[3] After curacies in Beighton and Chesterfield he was Vicar of St Bartholomew, Derby from 1972 to 1977. He was Vicar of St Martin, Maidstone from 1977 to 1986; and Bearsted[4] and Thurnham from 1986 to 2000. He was a Canon Residentiary at Gloucester Cathedral from 2007 to 2012; and Priest in charge of Highnam, Lassington, Rudford, Tibberton and Taynton from 2013 until his death.[5]
Notes and References
- https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2014/2-may/gazette/deaths/deaths Church Times
- Web site: Rev John Suddards: mourners pay tribute to murdered vicar . . https://web.archive.org/web/20180703145440/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/9178066/Rev-John-Suddards-mourners-pay-tribute-to-murdered-vicar.html . 3 July 2018 . live .
- [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
- http://www.holycrosschurch.co.uk/pastvicars.htm Holy Cross, Bearsted
- ‘SIDAWAY, Ven. Geoffrey Harold’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, April 2016 accessed 29 Jan 2017