Honorific-Prefix: | The Rt Revd |
Ronald Milner | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MA(Cantab) |
Bishop of Burnley | |
Diocese: | Diocese of Blackburn |
Term: | 1988–1993 |
Predecessor: | Richard Watson |
Successor: | Martyn Jarrett |
Other Post: | Honorary assistant bishop in Southwell (since 1994) Archdeacon of Lincoln (1983–1988) |
Ordination: | 1953 (deacon); 1954 (priest) |
Consecration: | 1988 |
Birth Date: | 16 May 1927 |
Religion: | Anglican |
Parents: | Maurice & Muriel |
Spouse: | Audrey Howard (m. 1950) |
Children: | 2 sons; 3 daughters (1 d.) |
Alma Mater: | Pembroke College, Cambridge |
Ronald James Milner (born 16 May 1927) is an English Anglican clergyman who was the Bishop of Burnley[1] from 1988 to 1993.[2]
Milner was born on 16 May 1927. He was educated at Hull Grammar School and Pembroke College, Cambridge[3] before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with the post of Succentor at Sheffield Cathedral, after which he was Vicar of Westwood .[4] He then became Vicar of St James Fletchampstead. Following this he was Rector of St Mary's, Southampton and then (his final appointment before ordination to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Lincoln.[5] In retirement he continues to serve as an assistant bishop within the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham.