Edward Pugh (bishop)

{{Short description|Bishop}}

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William Edward Augustus Pugh (known as Edward;{{Cite web |url=http://www.cwherald.com/archive/archive/25-years-armathwaite-20020119280755.htm |title=Cumberland & Westmorland Herald |access-date=15 February 2011 |archive-date=8 July 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708214416/http://www.cwherald.com/archive/archive/25-years-armathwaite-20020119280755.htm |url-status=dead }} 22 July 1909 – 4 January 1986) was the fifth Bishop of Penrith in the modern era.Church New Bishop of Penrith announced The Times Monday, 27 July 1970; pg. 8; Issue 57928; col F

He was educated at Leeds University{{Who's Who | title=Pugh, William Edward Augustus | id = U168301 | type = was | volume = 1920–2016 | edition = April 2014 online | access-date = 31 March 2016 }} and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} Ordained in 1934 he began his career with a curacy at Staveley, Derbyshire. From here he became Vicar of Norwell, Nottinghamshire{{Cite web |url=http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/n12/hincumb.html |title=Incumbency details |access-date=11 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090602104708/http://southwellchurches.nottingham.ac.uk/n12/hincumb.html |archive-date=2 June 2009 |url-status=dead }} and then Harrington, Cumbria along with his appointment as the first Archdeacon of West Cumberland.{{Church Times | title = First archdeacon of W. Cumberland | archive = 1959_10_09_008 | issue = 5043 | date = 9 October 1959 | pages = 8 | accessed = 24 February 2015 }} Appointment to the episcopate followed in 1970 – he was consecrated at York Minster on Michaelmas day (29 September) 1970{{Church Times | title = 3 consecrations at Michaelmas | archive = 1970_10_02_005 | issue = 5616 | date = 2 October 1970 | page = 5 | accessed = 14 April 2015 }} – and he retired nine years later.