Roger Combes Explained

Type:Priest
Honorific Prefix:The Venerable
Roger Combes
Church:Church of England
Diocese:Diocese of Chichester
Term:2003 until 2014
Predecessor:William Filby
Successor:Fiona Windsor
Ordination:1974 (deacon)
1975 (priest)
Birth Name:Roger Matthew Combes
Birth Date:1947 6, df=y
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Nationality:British
Religion:Anglicanism
Spouse:Christine Keiller
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Roger Matthew Combes (born 12 June 1947) is a retired Archdeacon of Horsham.[1]

Birth and education

Combes was educated at King's College London,[2] and Ridley Hall, Cambridge.[3]

Church career

He was ordained in 1974 and was a curate at St Paul's Onslow Square, Holy Trinity Brompton, and Holy Sepulchre with All Saints, Cambridge.[4] He became Rector of Silverhill, East Sussex, in 1983 and was the Archdeacon of Horsham from 2003 until his retirement in 2014.[5]

Personal life

In 1983 he married Christine Mary Keiller.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.diochi.org.uk/index.cfm?fuseaction=about.content&cmid=19 Diocese of Chichester
  2. [Who's Who]
  3. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
  4. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords]
  5. http://www.chichester.anglican.org/news/2014/06/27/retirement-archdeacon-horsham/