Richard Mason (priest)

Richard John Mason (1929–1997) was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the second half of the 20th century.[1]

The son of Vice-Admiral Sir Frank Mason, KCB, he was educated at Shrewsbury School. After an earlier career as a journalist he studied for ordination at Lincoln Theological College. He was priested in 1959 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Bishop's Hatfield. From 1964 to 1969 he was Chaplain to the Bishop of London. He then held incumbencies at Dunton Green, Edenbridge and Sevenoaks.[2] He was Archdeacon of Tonbridge from 1977 to 1985.[3]

References

  1. ↑ ‘MASON, Rev. Canon Richard John’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 8 Nov 2016
  2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  3. ↑ "Our Building | Edenbridge Parish Church". edenbridgeparishchurch.com. Retrieved 8 Nov 2016.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Maples Earle		 Archdeacon of Tonbridge
1977 to 1985		 Succeeded by
Judith Rose



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