Michael Parker (bishop)

Clement George St Michael Parker (29 September 1900 – 5 March 1980) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Aston and later of Bradford.

Family

Parker was born in Edgbaston in 1900[1] the son of the W. H. Parker, a priest. He was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He died in 1980.[2]

Ministry

Parker was made deacon on St Michael's Day 1923 (29 September) by Henry Wakefield (Bishop of Birmingham)[3] and ordained priest in Advent 1924 (19 December) by Ernest Barnes, Bishop of Birmingham — both times at Birmingham Cathedral.[4] He was an assistant curate at St Bartholomew & St Jude's Birmingham. He was vicar of All Saints' King's Heath, Birmingham (1939–57), rural dean of King's Norton (1943–57), honorary canon of Birmingham (1944–61) and Archdeacon of Aston (1946-54).[5]

During his curacy at St Jude's he and his vicar, Denis Tyndall, compiled Adoremus: A Book of Eucharistic Worship for the Young.[6] The book was described as "primarily for use at what is known as the Children's Eucharist", but was also "to meet the need of the increasing number of parishes in which there is the 'Parish Eucharist'".[7] It was regularly used for the children's Eucharist at All Saints' King's Heath and also for the Parish Eucharist instituted by Michael Parker to replace Matins as the main Sunday morning service.

On 18 October 1954, Parker was consecrated a bishop by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey,[8] to serve as Bishop of Aston (the sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Birmingham);[9] and translated to Bradford (as diocesan bishop) in 1961.[10] On retirement in 1971 he was appointed an assistant bishop in the dioceses of Coventry and Worcester.

References
  1. Who was Who, 1897-2007, London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. "Michael Parker former Bishop of Bradford" (obituaries), The Times, 10 March 1980, p. 14.
  3. "Ordinations". Church Times (#3167). 5 October 1923. p. 359. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. "Advent ordinations". Church Times (#3231). 24 December 1924. p. 742. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. Who's Who 1975
  6. Adoremus, Denis Tyndall & Michael Parker, SPCK, 1936
  7. Adoremus, Denis Tyndall & Michael Parker, SPCK, 1936
  8. "Consecation of new bishops". Church Times (#4785). 22 October 1954. p. 793. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. Bishop of Aston (Official Appointments and Notices), The Times, 16 August 1954, p. 6.
  10. Two New Bishops Nominated (News), The Times, 15 August 1961; p. 8.
Church of England titles
New title Bishop of Aston
1954–1961		 Succeeded by
David Porter
Preceded by
Donald Coggan		 Bishop of Bradford
1961–1971		 Succeeded by
Ross Hook


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