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John Stow (priest)

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The Ven. John Waters Stow, MA (17 January 1912 – 3 July 1971)[1] was Archdeacon of Bermuda[2] from 1951 until 1961.

He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Ripon College Cuddesdon; and ordained in 1938.[3] After a curacy in East Wickham[4] he was a Chaplain in the RNVR from 1939 to 1944 when he moved to Portsmouth to serve a second curacy at St Mary, Portsea. He was Rector of St. George, Bermuda from 1947 to 1961; and then of Hatfield until his death.[5]

References

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  1. ^ England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1916-2007
  2. ^ The Church in Bermuda
  3. ^ Crockfords 1967/8 p1190 (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 1947)
  4. ^ National Archives
  5. ^ "Deaths." The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 6 July 1971; pg. 26; Issue 58217
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Preceded by Archdeacon of Bermuda Succeeded by