Keith Prosser

Charles Keith Kipling Prosser[1] 1897–1954) was the fifth Bishop of Burnley from 1950 until 1954.

Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham he served during World War I with the Royal Garrison Artillery[2] after which he studied at Queens' College, Cambridge before ordaination in 1923. Successively curate of Bishop Latimer’s Church, Birmingham,[3] Rector of Alert Bay, British Columbia and Rural Dean of Leigh he was ordained to the episcopate in 1950.[4] He died in post four years later.[5]

Notes

  1. ↑ Diary of Brian David Williams — October 1952
  2. ↑ During which he was Mentioned in Despatches—“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  3. ↑ Brief Church History
  4. ↑ Bishop Of Burnley, The Times 24 January 1950; p. 4.
  5. ↑ Lancashire Lantern
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Edgar Priestley Swain		 Bishop of Burnley
1950 – 1954 		Succeeded by
George Edward Holderness


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