John Lewis (archdeacon of Hereford) explained

John Wilfred Lewis (25 September 1909 – 4 January 1984) was a British Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Ludlow from 1960 to 1970 and Archdeacon of Hereford from 1970 to 1976.[1] [2]

Lewis was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and Westcott House, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1936.[3] After a curacy in Portsea he was chaplain at St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta. He then had incumbencies in Eastleigh, Reading and Wellington, Herefordshire. He was a canon residentiary at Hereford Cathedral from 1961 to 1970.

Notes and References

  1. "New Archdeacon Of Hereford", The Times (London, England), 7 April 1970, p. 12.
  2. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U166361 "Lewis, Ven. John Wilfred"
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48, OUP, p. 802.