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William Frederick Surtees (16 October 1871 – 23 March 1956) was an Anglican bishop. He was the second suffragan Bishop of Crediton from 1930 to 1954.

Surtees was educated at Bedford School and King's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1900, he began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Lythe. He was then rector of Sampford Courtenay, vicar of St Simon's, Plymouth and Archdeacon of Exeter before a 24-year stint as Suffragan Bishop of Crediton. He died on 23 March 1956.

Notes

  1. "Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. "Surtees, William Frederick (SRTS890WF)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. "Ordinations-Diocese of York". The Times, Tuesday, 12 June 1900; p. 13; issue 36166; col C.
  4. Admitted to Benefit of St Simon
  5. Obituary-The Rt Rev W.F Surtees. The Times Thursday, 5 April 1956; p. 10; issue 53497; col A.
Church of England titles
Preceded byRobert Edward Trefusis Bishop of Crediton
1930–1954
Succeeded byWilfrid Arthur Edmund Westall
Archdeacons of Exeter
High Medieval
Late medieval
Early modern
Late modern
Bishops of Crediton
for the ancient diocesan bishops, see Bishop of Exeter
Modern suffragans


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