Edward Henderson (Archdeacon of Pontefract)
The Ven Edward Chance Henderson (15 October 1916 – 24 September 1997)[1] was Archdeacon of Pontefract from 1968[2] to 1981.[3]
Townley was born in Newcastle upon Tyne and educated at Heaton Grammar School and the University of London. He was ordained Deacon in 1939, and Priest in 1940.[4] After a curacy in Newcastle upon Tyne he was Organising Secretary of the Church Pastoral Aid Society from 1942 to 1945. He held incumbencies in Leeds, Halifax, Dewsbury and Darrington.[5]
References
- The Ven Edward Henderson. The Times (London, England), Friday, 10 October 1997; pg. 23; Issue 66017
- New Archdeacon Of Pontefract. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 10 April 1968; pg. 12; Issue 57223
- Church news. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 28 July 1981; pg. 18; Issue 60991
- Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 > London, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- .‘HENDERSON, Ven. Edward Chance’, 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 28 July 2017
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| Preceded by Eric Treacy |
Archdeacon of Pontefract 1968–1981 |
Succeeded by Ken Unwin |
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