Arthur Shepherd (priest)

Arthur Pearce Shepherd, DD (31 December 1885 – 27 February 1968) was Archdeacon of Dudley from 1934 until 1951.

Shepherd was educated at Cardiff High School and Jesus College, Oxford;^[1] and ordained in 1911.^[2] After a curacy at All Saints, Northampton he was Assistant Secretary for Young People’s Work at the Church Mission Society. Later he held incumbencies in Northampton, Leicester^[3] and Dudley. He was a Canon Residentiary of Worcester Cathedral from 1945 to 1965; and Proctor in Convocation for the Diocese of Worcester from 1951 until 1964.

References

↑ ‘ SHEPHERD, Ven. Arthur Pearce’’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 Sept 2013
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1929-30 p1167 London, OUP, 1929
↑ London Gazette

Church of England titles
Preceded by Sydney Rhodes James	Archdeacon of Dudley 1934–1951	Succeeded by Alfred Vincent Hurley

Archdeacons of Dudley

Sydney James Arthur Shepherd Alfred Hurley John Williams Christopher Campling Robin Bennett John Gathercole Fred Trethewey Nikki Groarke

Anglican Diocese of Worcester

Worcester Cathedral The Old Palace, Worcester Hartlebury Castle Alvechurch Palace Area scheme (1993–2002)

Office holders	The Bishop of Worcester, John Inge The Bishop suffragan of Dudley, Graham Usher AEO: Jonathan Goodall, Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet The Dean of Worcester, Peter Atkinson The Archdeacon of Dudley, Nikki Groarke The Archdeacon of Worcester, Robert Jones

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Gloucester (12th century–1541; became Diocese of Gloucester) Archdeacon of Coventry (1837–1918; became Diocese of Coventry) Archdeacon of Birmingham (1892–1905; became Diocese of Birmingham)

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