Tom Longworth Explained

Tom Longworth was a 20th-century Anglican bishop.[1]

He was born on 8 January 1891 and educated at Shrewsbury and University College, Oxford and ordained in 1916. From 1927 to 1935 he was the Rector of Guisborough and then Benwell before his ordination to the episcopate as the second Bishop of Pontefract,[2] with the additional title of Archdeacon of the area.[3] Translated to Hereford in 1949[4] he retired in 1961 and died on 15 October 1977.[5]

Notes and References

  1. "Handbook of British Chronology" Fryde, E.B; Greenway D.E; Porter, S; Roy, I.; Cambridge, CUP,1996
  2. http://www.wakefield.anglican.org/people/bishopofwakefield/bishophistory.htm Wakefield Diocese web-site
  3. Four New Bishops Suffragan Consecration In York Minster The Times Friday, 3 February 1939; pg. 9; Issue 48220; col F
  4. [The Times]
  5. Obituary-The Right Rev Tom Longworth Former Bishop of Hereford The Times Monday, 17 October 1977; pg. 15; Issue 60136; col F

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