Tony Turner (priest)

Antony Hubert Michael "Tony" Turner[1] (17 June 1930[2] - 22 July 2020) was a former Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight.[3][4]

Turner was educated at Royal Liberty Grammar School, Romford, Essex and Tyndale Hall, Bristol and ordained in 1957.[5] He began his career as Curate at St Ann's, Nottingham after which he was Curate in Charge of St Cuthbert's, Cheadle. He was Vicar of Christ Church, Macclesfield from 1962 until 1968 when he became Home Secretary of the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society. He was Vicar of St Jude's, Southsea and then Rural Dean of Portsmouth before his island appointment.

Notes
  1. Pompey Chimes, Sept 2006
  2. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. Portsmouth Anglican
  4. "Deaths 21 August 2020". Church Times. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Frederick Charles Carpenter		 Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight
February 1986– November 1996		 Succeeded by
Kenneth Mervyn Lancelot Hadfield Banting


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