Laurence Woolmer

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Laurence Henry Woolmer (1906 – 1977) was the Bishop of Lahore from 1949“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} until 1968. Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and St Peter's College, Oxford he was a banker before being ordained in 1938.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} After a curacy at St Paul's, Salisbury,[http://stpaulssalisbury.org/ Church web-site] he became a Missionary in India, eventually rising to be Archdeacon of LahoreEcclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Jun 02, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51397 before elevation to the episcopate.[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='Ramsey/4-287/1963/46/142-8') National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} After 19 years he returned to be Vicar of Meonstoke with Corhampton and Exton. His Times obituary described him as

"a man of prayer whose boundless energy and zeal showed the spirit of Christ in all his dealings.”The Times, Tuesday, Aug 09, 1977; pg. 12; Issue 60077; col E Obituary The Right Rev L. H. Woolmer