Ken Unwin
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Archdeacon of Pontefract (1926–2020)
- The Ven. Kenneth Unwin[1] (16 September 1926 - 27 December 2020) was Archdeacon of Pontefract from 1981 until 1992.[2]
Unwin was born in
Chesterfield Grammar School; St Edmund Hall, Oxford; and Ely Theological College. He was ordained deacon in 1951 and priest in 1952.[3] After a curacy at All Saints, Leeds (1951–55), he was Priest in charge of St John's, Neville's Cross (1955–59). He was Vicar of St John the Baptist, Dodworth from 1959 to 1969; St John the Baptist, Royston from 1969 to 1973; and of St John, Wakefield from 1973 to 1982.[4]He was married to Beryl, and had four daughters and a son.[5] He died in 2020, aged 94.[6]
References
- ^ Bizstatz
- ^ "Kenneth Unwin". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 28 July 2017.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 979.
- ^ ‘UNWIN, Ven. Kenneth’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016 ; online edn, November 2016 accessed 28 July 2017
- ^ "Church Times: "Obituary: The Ven Kenneth Unwin", 29 January 2021". Retrieved 20 January 2021.
- ^ "Church Times: Deaths, 8 January 2021". Retrieved 10 January 2021.
Church of England titles Preceded by Archdeacon of Pontefract
1981–1992Succeeded by Archdeacons of Halifax and of PontefractHalifax (old) - Ingham Brooke
- William Foxley Norris
- Henry Walsham How
- Richard Phipps (became Archdeacon of Pontefract)
Pontefract - Richard Phipps (previously Archdeacon of Halifax)
- Bishops suffragan of Pontefract
- Edward Henderson
- Ken Unwin
- John Flack
- Tony Robinson
- Jonathan Greener
- Peter Townley
- Cat Thatcher (announced)
- Ripon Cathedral
- Wakefield Cathedral
- Bradford Cathedral
- Hollin House, Leeds
- Bishop's Lodge, Wakefield
- Bishopscroft, Bradford
- Diocesan Office, Leeds
- Bishop Mount, Ripon
- Church House, Wakefield
- Kadugli House, Keighley
- Leeds Minster
- Area scheme(2014–present)
- Dioceses of Ripon and Leeds, of Wakefield and of Bradford
Office holders Diocesan bishop Area bishops - Tony Robinson, Bishop of Wakefield
- Toby Howarth, Bishop of Bradford
- Arun Arora, Bishop of Kirkstall (area bishop for Leeds)
- Bishop of Huddersfield
- Anna Eltringham, Bishop of Ripon
Other bishops - AEO: the area Bishop of Wakefield & Rob Munro, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
Deans Archdeacons Predecessor offices - diocesan Bishops of Ripon (1836–2014; renamed "Ripon and Leeds" in 1999), of Wakefield (1888–2014) and of Bradford (1919–2014)
- Bishop suffragan of Penrith (1888–1889; reappointed to Richmond)
- Bishops suffragan of Knaresborough (renamed Ripon), of Pontefract (renamed Wakefield) and of Richmond (renamed Kirkstall)
- Provost of Bradford (1930–2000; see Dean of Bradford)
- Provost of Wakefield (1931–2000; see Dean of Wakefield)
- Archdeacon of Craven (1836–2014; merged into Richmond and Craven)
- Archdeacon of Halifax (1888–1927; renamed Pontefract)
- Archdeacon of Huddersfield (1888–1927; renamed Halifax)
- Archdeacon of Ripon (1894–1921; renamed Archdeacon of Leeds)
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