Frank Weston (bishop of Knaresborough)

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Frank Valentine Weston (16 September 1935 – 29 April 2003) was suffragan

Diocese of Ripon and Leeds from December 1997[1]
until his death in April 2003.

Weston was born into a clerical family – his uncle was

Frank Weston (Bishop of Zanzibar)[2][3] – he was educated at Christ's Hospital and The Queen's College, Oxford[4] (BA 1960, MA 1964[5]). He then studied for ordination at Lichfield Theological College
.

Weston was a

residentiary canon of Christ Church, Oxford.[7] He held the post until his elevation to the episcopate in 1997 and continued his association with Christ Church with an appointment as "emeritus student", a position roughly equivalent to an emeritus fellowship.[8]

Weston was appointed

Diocese of Ripon and Leeds) in 1997 and held office until his death in 2003.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Our Present Duty, by Frank Weston, Bishop of Zanzibar". anglicanhistory.org. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Ripon Cathedral prepares to welcome new Bishop". Diocese of Ripon. 19 January 1998. Archived from the original on 17 April 1999. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 2002/03, p.803
  4. ^ a b c "Weston, The Rt Revd Frank Valentine", in Crockford's Clerical Directory (97th edn. London, Church House Publishing, 2001), p.803
  5. ^ a b "Weston, Rt Rev. Frank Valentine", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 accessed 23 March 2008
  6. ^ "Death noted by Oxford Convocation". Retrieved 2 November 2020.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Oxford
1982–1997
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Bishop of Knaresborough

1997–2003
Succeeded by