Richard Clitherow (bishop)

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Richard George Clitherow (1909–1984) was the fifth Suffragan Bishop of Stafford.The Times, Friday, 7 March 1958; p. 10; Issue 54093; col B "New Suffragan Bishop of Stafford" Category: Official Appointments and Notices Educated at Dulwich College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge,Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} he was ordained in 1936 and began his career with a curacy at Bermondsey.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} When World War II came he became a Naval Chaplain.During which he was mentioned in Despatches- The Times, Friday, 16 November 1984; p. 18; Issue 61988; col G "The Rt Rev R.G Clitherow" Category: Obituaries From 1946 to 1958 he was Canon Residentiary at Guildford Cathedral before ascending to the Episcopate, a post he held until retirement 18 years later.

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