Robert Jeffery (priest)
Robert Martin Colquhoun Jeffery AKC FRSA (born 30 April 1935) is a retired Anglican priest.[1]
Robert Jeffery was educated at St Paul's School, London, trained for the priesthood at King's College London and ordained in 1960.[2] His first posts were curacies at St Aidan's, Grangetown[3] and St Mary, Barnes. After this he was the assistant secretary of the Missionary and Ecumenical Council of the Church Assembly then secretary of the Department of Mission and Unity for the British Council of Churches.[3] From 1971 to 1978 he was vicar of St Andrew's Headington[4] then Lichfield diocesan missioner. He was appointed as the Archdeacon of Salop,[5] in 1980 and seven years later became the Dean of Worcester. In 1996 he became Sub-Dean of Christ Church, a post he held until his retirement in 2002.
References
- ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007. ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7.
- 1 2 Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ History of Headington
- ↑ Manuscripts (MSS 3121–3385), Lambeth Palace Library, The National Archives, UK.
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| Preceded by Tom Baker |
Dean of Worcester 1987–1996 |
Succeeded by Peter Marshall |