Douglas Sargent

Douglas Noel Sargent (1907–1979^[1]) was the third Bishop of Selby. He was educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys, King's College, Cambridge^[2] and the London College of Divinity; and ordained in 1932. His first post was as Curate at Willian, Hertfordshire.^[3] Subsequently he embarked on a long spell as a missionary^[4] in Sichuan Province^[5] at West China Union University.^[6] From 1961 until 1962 he was principal of the Church Mission Society^[7] when he was elevated to the episcopate,^[8] a post he held until his retirement to York.

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1. National Portrait Gallery Details
2. Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
4. The making of a missionary Sargent, D.N: London Hodder & Stoughton 1960
5. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions Angerson, G.H., New York,Macmillan Reference USA, 1998 ISBN 0-02-864604-5
6. Details of the University
7. Deep impression on the trainees
8. The Times, Wednesday, 14 March 1962; p. 14; Issue 55339; col E Ecclesiastical News Bishop Suffragan Of Selby