George Holderness

The Right Reverend George Edward Holderness was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century.

He was born on 5 March 1913 and educated at Leeds Grammar School and Keble College, Oxford.^[1] Ordained in 1936 he began his career with a curacy at Bedale and was then Chaplain at Aysgarth School until 1947.^[2] He was then Vicar of Darlington and for 15 years suffragan Bishop of Burnley^[3]^[4] in the Diocese of Blackburn.^[5] In 1970 he left Burnley to become Dean of Lichfield, a post he held to retirement in 1979. He died on 21 October 1987.

References

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
↑ A period interrupted by World War II service as a Chaplain to the Forces
↑ "A short guide and history to Burnley Parish Church of St.Peter" Holderness, G.A: 1961, Gloucester, British Publishing Company
↑ Ecclesiastical News Consecration Of Two Bishops The Times Thursday, Feb 03, 1955; pg. 4; Issue 53156; col C
↑ National Archives Detail

Church of England titles
Preceded by Charles Keith Kipling Prosser	Bishop of Burnley 1955 –1970	Succeeded by Richard Charles Challinor Watson
Preceded by William Stuart MacPherson	Dean of Lichfield 1970 –1979	Succeeded by John Harley Lang

Bishops of Burnley

Edwyn Hoskyns Alfred Pearson Henry Henn Edgar Priestley Swain Keith Prosser George Holderness Richard Watson Ronald Milner Martyn Jarrett John Goddard Philip North

Deans of Lichfield

Medieval	Stephen Seagrave Roger de Convenis John Garssia Richard FitzRalph John of Thoresby Simon de Brisele John Bokyngham William de Manton Laurence de Ibstock Anthony Rous Francis de Teobaldeschi William Pakington Thomas de Stretton Robert Wolveden John Verney Thomas Heywood

Early modern	John Yotton Ralph Colyngwood James Denton Richard Sampson Henry Williams John Ramridge Laurence Nowell George Boleyn James Montague William Tooker Walter Curle Augustine Lindsell John Warner Samuel Fell Griffin Higgs William Paul Thomas Wood Matthew Smallwood Lancelot Addison William Binckes Jonathan Kimberley William Walmesley Nicholas Penny John Addenbrooke Baptist Proby

Late modern	John Woodhouse Henry Howard William Champneys Edward Bickersteth Herbert Luckock Henry Savage Frederic Iremonger William MacPherson George Holderness John Lang Tom Wright Michael Yorke Adrian Dorber Pete Wilcox (Acting)

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