Eric Mercer
Eric Arthur John Mercer (6 December 1917 – 8 November 2003) was an
Anglican bishop in the Church of England. He was the first Bishop of Birkenhead from 1965 to 1973 and, from then until his retirement, the Bishop of Exeter.[1]
Mercer was educated at
episcopate), the Diocese of Chester's diocesan missioner.[4] In 1973 he was translated to be the Bishop of Exeter.[5] He died in retirement, at Chilmark, Wiltshire
, aged 85.
References
- ^ "Ecclesiastical News: Consecration Of Two Bishops Suffragan", The Times, 3 November 1965, p14.
- ISBN 0-7136-1140-5
- ^ Photo of church
- ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ The Times, 30 August 1973, p14, "Bishops named for Exeter and Hereford"
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