Mervyn Armstrong
Mervyn Armstrong, OBE[1] (1906–1984[2]) was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the middle third of the 20th century.
Educated at Balliol College, Oxford,[3] he was awarded an Aeogrotat degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics ('PPE') in 1928.[4] Ordained in 1938, his first post was as a Chaplain in the RNVR,[5] after which he was Vicar of Margate. Appointed Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1949 he became Archdeacon of Stow and then Provost of Leicester Cathedral before appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of Jarrow in 1958. In 1964, he resigned that See to become an "advisor on industry" to Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, and an Assistant Bishop of York;[6] he retired in 1970.
References
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- ^ Obituary- Right Rev Mervyn Armstrong The Times Thursday, 4 October 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61953; col G
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- 1906 births
- 1984 deaths
- Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
- Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
- Archdeacons of Stow
- Provosts and Deans of Leicester
- Bishops of Jarrow
- 20th-century Church of England bishops
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire
- Royal Navy chaplains
- Church of England bishop stubs