Harry Saunders (priest)

The Ven. Harry Patrick Saunders, MA, BD was Archdeacon of Macclesfield from 1965 until 1967.

Born on 16 March 1913^[1] he was educated at Hanley Castle Grammar School, King's College London and St Catherine's Society, Oxford. He was ordained in 1936 and was successively:Chaplain and Lecturer at St Stephen's House, Oxford, (Vice-Principal, 1938–49); Chaplain of St Edmund Hall, Oxford, 1936–46; Priest in charge of St Peter’s, Shrewsbury and an RAF Chaplain, 1939–45; Chaplain of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1946–49; Vicar of St Andrew’s, West Bromwich, 1949–51; Vicar of St Mary’s, Kingswinford, 1951–56; a Lecturer at Queen’s College, Birmingham, 1949–56;a Canon Residentiary of Ely and Principal of Ely Theological College, 1956; and Vicar of Holy Trinity, Oswestry, 1957–64.^[2]

He died in post on 13 May 1967.^[3]

Notes

↑ ‘SAUNDERS, Ven. Harry Patrick’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 16 July 2012
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1959-60 Oxford, OUP,1959
↑ Ven Harry Saunders The Times (London, England), Tuesday, May 16, 1967; pg. 12; Issue 56942

Church of England titles
Preceded by Thomas Clarke	Archdeacon of Macclesfield 1965–1967	Succeeded by Francis House

Archdeacons of Macclesfield

James Kelly Arthur Gore Maxwell Woosnam Maitland Wood Edward Mercer John Thorpe John Armitstead Frank Okell Tyler Whittle Thomas Clarke Harry Saunders Francis House Rennie Simpson John Gaisford Richard Gillings Ian Bishop

Diocese of Chester

Chester Cathedral Bishop's House, Chester Church House, Chester St John's, Chester

Office holders	The Bishop of Chester, Peter Forster The Bishop suffragan of Birkenhead, Keith Sinclair The Bishop suffragan of Stockport, Libby Lane AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley The Dean of Chester, Gordon McPhate The Archdeacon of Chester, Michael Gilbertson The Archdeacon of Macclesfield, Ian Bishop

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