Frank Curtis (priest)

The Very. Rev Wilfred Frank Curtis, AKC was an Anglican priest.[1]

He was born on 24 February 1923 and educated at Foster's School in Sherborne and Bishop Wordsworth's School in Salisbury. After service with the Royal Artillery in the Second World War,[2] he completed his studies at King's College London. He was ordained in 1952[3] and became curate of High Wycombe. He was with the Church Missionary Society from 1955 to 1974 when he became provost of Sheffield.[4]

He retired in 1988 and died on 25 May 2005.

References
  1. "The Very Reverend Frank Curtis". The Daily Telegraph. 30 May 2005. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
  2. "ROYAL REGIMENT OF ARTILLERY". The London Gazette. 20 July 1943.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76, London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. Who was Who 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Ivan Delacherois Neill		 Provost of Sheffield
1974–1988		 Succeeded by
John Warren Gladwin



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