Stretton Reeve

(Arthur) Stretton Reeve (11 June 1907 – 27 January 1981[1]) was Bishop of Lichfield from 1953[2] until 1 December 1974.[3]

Born into an ecclesiastical family,[4] he was educated at Brighton College and Selwyn College, Cambridge. He rowed for the winning Cambridge eight in the 1930 Boat Race. His first post after ordination was as a curate in Putney after which he was Domestic Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester and then Vicar of Highfield, Hampshire.[5] From 1943 he was Rural Dean of Leeds[6] before elevation to the episcopate[7]

Notes
  1. "Obituary- The Right Rev A. S. Reeve Former Bishop of Lichfield". The Times (60838). 29 January 1981. p. 17; col G.
  2. "Two New Bishops Nominated Birmingham And Lichfield". The Times (52652). 19 June 1953. p. 8; col D.
  3. "New Bishop of Lichfield appointed". Church Times (#5827). 18 October 1974. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. His father was of the Rev. Arthur Reeve > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  6. Leodis
  7. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Edward Sydney Woods		 Bishop of Lichfield
1953–1974		 Succeeded by
Kenneth John Fraser Skelton
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