Anthony Balmforth

Anthony James Balmforth (3 September 1926 – 20 February 2009)[1] was Archdeacon of Bristol[2] from 1979 until 1990.[3]

Balmforth educated at Sebright School and Brasenose College, Oxford.[4] He was ordained Deacon in 1952 and Priest in 1953. After a curacy in Mansfield [5] he held incumbencies in Skegby, Kidderminster and Kings Norton until his Archdeacon’s appointment.

References
  1. Church Times
  2. "The Venerable Anthony James Balmforth". Old Wolvernian Association. Archived from the original on 19 October 2016. Retrieved 18 October 2016.
  3. ‘BALMFORTH, Ven. Anthony James’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2009 ; online edn, Nov 2009 accessed 2 May 2013
  4. Brazen Nose
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1959-60 Oxford, OUP, 1959 p51
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Leslie Williams		 Archdeacon of Bristol
1979–1990		 Succeeded by
David Banfield


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