Mervyn Armstrong

Mervyn Armstrong, OBE^[1] (1906 – 1984^[2]) was an eminent Anglican clergyman during the middle third of the 20th century.

Educated at Balliol College, Oxford,^[3] he was ordained in 1938. His first posts were as a Chaplain in the RNVR,^[4] after which he was Vicar of Margate. Appointed Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury in 1949 he became Archdeacon of Stow and then Provost of Leicester Cathedral before appointment to the episcopate as Bishop of Jarrow in 1958. In 1964, he resigned that See to become an "advisor on industry" to Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, and an Assistant Bishop of York;^[5] he retired in 1970.

References

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^ Obituary- Right Rev Mervyn Armstrong The Times Thursday, 4 October 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61953; col G
^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
^ "Retrospect of 1964". Church Times. No. 5316. 1 January 1965. p. 16. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 4 September 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Arthur Ivan Greaves	Archdeacon of Stow 1951 – 1954	Succeeded by Lawrence Ashcroft
Preceded by Herbert Arthur Jones	Provost of Leicester Cathedral 1954 – 1958	Succeeded by Richard John Forrester Mayston
Preceded by John Alexander Ramsbotham	Bishop of Jarrow 1958 – 1965	Succeeded by Alexander Kenneth Hamilton

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