Frank Bentley (priest)

Frank William Henry Bentley (4 March 1934 – 15 November 2024) was an English Anglican clergyman who was Archdeacon of Worcester from 1984 to 1999.[1]

Bentley was educated at Yeovil School and King's College London. He was ordained deacon in 1958 and priest in 1959 .[2] After a curacy in Shepton Mallet he held incumbencies in Babcary, Wiveliscombe and St Johns, Worcester [3] before his Archdeacon’s appointment. Bentley died from heart failure on 15 November 2024, at the age of 90.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Norton Church web site". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 9 September 2013.
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1959-60 Oxford, OUP, 1999 p86
  3. ^ ‘BENTLEY, Ven. Frank William Henry’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 Accessed 9 Sept 2013
  4. ^ Worcester, Diocese of. "Frank Bentley – RIP". Diocese of Worcester. Retrieved 19 November 2024.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Worcester
1984–1999 		Succeeded by


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