Peter Bridges (priest) explained

Peter Sydney Godfrey Bridges, ARIBA (30 January 1925 – 24 January 2015) was an Anglican priest who served in three senior posts during the last third of the twentieth century.^[1]

Bridges was educated at Raynes Park County Grammar School and initially trained as an architect.^[2] He was ordained in 1958^[3] and began his career as a Curate in Hemel Hempstead. After this he was Resident Fellow at Birmingham University’s Institute for the Study of Worship and Religious Architecture from 1964 to 1967 and a Lecturer there from then until 1972 when he became the Archdeacon of Southend.^[4] In 1977 he became Archdeacon of Coventry;^[5] and in 1983 Archdeacon of Warwick, a post he held until his retirement.^[6] He died in January 2015, at age 89.^[7]

Notes and References

1. ‘ BRIDGES, Ven. Peter Sydney Godfrey’’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 5 May 2013
2. http://www.architectdatabase.co.uk/searchp.html Architects Database
3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
4. Church news The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Mar 07, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58420
5. Church news The Times (London, England), Wednesday, May 18, 1977; pg. 18; Issue 60006
6. Church news The Times (London, England), Thursday, January 18, 1990; pg. 14; Issue 63606
7. https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/11429925/The-Venerable-Peter-Bridges-priest-architect-obituary.html The Venerable Peter Bridges, priest-architect - obituary.