John Alford (priest)

John Richard Alford (21 June 1919 – 27 February 1995) was a Church of England priest. He was the Archdeacon of Halifax from 1972 to 1984.[1][2]

Alford was educated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Ripon College Cuddesdon; and ordained in 1944.[3] After curacies in Halifax and Wakefield he became a Tutor at Wells Theological College. He was Priest- Vicar of Wells Cathedral from 1950 to 1956; Vice-Principal of The Queen's College, Birmingham from 1956 to 1967; and Vicar of Shotwick from then until 1972.[4]

References
  1. Church news The Times (London, England), Friday, 12 May 1972; p. 13; Issue 58476
  2. Church news The Times (London, England), Thursday, 1 November 1984; p. 18; Issue 61975
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
  4. ‘ALFORD, Ven. John Richard’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 3 December 2014
Church of England titles
Preceded by
John Lister		 Archdeacon of Halifax
1972–1984		 Succeeded by
Alan Chesters


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