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John Wilfred Lewis (25 September 1909 – 4 January 1984) was a British Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Ludlow from 1960 to 1970 and Archdeacon of Hereford from 1970 to 1976.

Lewis was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and Westcott House, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1936. After a curacy in Portsea he was chaplain at St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta. He then had incumbencies in Eastleigh, Reading and Wellington, Herefordshire. He was a canon residentiary at Hereford Cathedral from 1961 to 1970.

Notes

  1. "New Archdeacon Of Hereford", The Times (London, England), 7 April 1970, p. 12.
  2. "Lewis, Ven. John Wilfred", Who Was Who, A & C Black, accessed 5 December 2013.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48, OUP, p. 802.
Church of England titles
Preceded byHugh Henry Molesworth Bevan Archdeacon of Ludlow
1960–1970
Succeeded byStanley Mark Wood
Preceded byThomas Berkeley Randolph Archdeacon of Hereford
1970–1972
Succeeded byThomas Barfett
Archdeacons of Hereford
High Medieval
Late Medieval
Early modern
Late modern
Diocese of Hereford
Office holders
Historic offices
  • Archdeacon of Shropshire/Salop (11th century–1876; renamed to Ludlow)


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