Frank Weston (bishop of Knaresborough)

Weston was born into a clerical family – his uncle was Frank Weston (Bishop of Zanzibar){{cite web|url=http://anglicanhistory.org/weston/weston2.html|title=Our Present Duty, by Frank Weston, Bishop of Zanzibar|website=anglicanhistory.org|accessdate=2 November 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://members.aol.com/jhgcarter/press35.htm|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/19990417203515/http://members.aol.com/jhgcarter/press35.htm|archivedate=17 April 1999|url-status=dead|title=Ripon Cathedral prepares to welcome new Bishop|accessdate=2 November 2020|date=19 January 1998|publisher=Diocese of Ripon}} – he was educated at Christ's Hospital and The Queen's College, OxfordWho's Who 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3514-2}} (BA 1960, MA 1964Crockford's Clerical Directory, 2002/03, p.803). He then studied for ordination at Lichfield Theological College.

Weston was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1961 and as a priest in 1962.{{Crockford| surname = Frank Valentine | forenames = Weston | id = 40348 | accessed = 21 October 2024}} He was a curate in Atherton (1961–65)."Debrett's People of Today": Ellis, P. (Ed): 1992, London, Debtrett's {{ISBN|1-870520-09-2}}"Weston, The Rt Revd Frank Valentine", in Crockford's Clerical Directory (97th edn. London, Church House Publishing, 2001), p.803 Then began an association of more than 20 years with the College of the Ascension at Selly Oak, initially as chaplain (1965–69) and then as principal (1969–76). From 1973 until 1976 he was also Vice-President of Selly Oak Colleges and from 1976 until 1982 Principal and Pantonian Professor at Edinburgh Theological College."Weston, Rt Rev. Frank Valentine", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2007 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U23309, accessed 23 March 2008] In 1982 he was appointed Archdeacon of Oxford and a residentiary canon of Christ Church, Oxford. He held the post until his elevation to the episcopate in 1997 and continued his association with Christ Church with an appointment as "emeritus student", a position roughly equivalent to an emeritus fellowship.

Weston was appointed Bishop of Knaresborough,the suffragan bishop for the then Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, serving from December 1997Crockfords London, Church House 1998 {{ISBN|0-7151-8094-0}} until his death in 2003.{{cite web|url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/gazette/2002-3/weekly/080503/coll.htm|title=Death noted by Oxford Convocation|accessdate=2 November 2020}} He was welcomed into the diocese during a service at Ripon Cathedral on 25 January 1998. He had had a stroke and subsequently died on 29 April 2003 in St James's Hospital, Leeds.{{cite web |title=Bishop dies after stroke |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/north_yorkshire/2985573.stm |website=BBC News |access-date=21 October 2024 |date=29 April 2003}}

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