Peter Marshall (priest)

Peter Jerome Marshall (1940 - 20 June 2020) was an Anglican priest.[1]

He was born in 1940 in Buenos Aires, the son of the Rev Guy Marshall (subsequently Bishop in Venezuela) and Dorothy Whiting.[2]

Marshall was educated at St. John's School, Leatherhead, McGill University and Westcott House, Cambridge, following which he was ordained deacon in 1963 and priest in 1964.[3] His first posts were curacies at East Ham[4] and Woodford. After this he was the Vicar of St Peter-in-the-Forest, Walthamstow[5] then Deputy Director of Training for the Diocese of Chelmsford and a Canon Residentiary at its Cathedral. From 1985 to 1997 he was Director of Training and a Canon Residentiary for the Diocese of Ripon and Leeds. He was then appointed to the post of Dean of Worcester[6] which he held until his retirement in 2006.

Marshall married Nancy Elliott in 1965, and they had three children.[7] In retirement, they lived in Canada.

References

1. PRnewswire
2. Church Times, 9 October 2020, p 35.
3. "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
5. Church web-site Archived 2009-08-02 at the Wayback Machine
6. Official notification of appointment Archived 2009-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
7. "Globe and Mail death notice". Retrieved 9 October 2020.