Ivor Watkins

Ivor Stanley Watkins (1896–1960) was an Anglican Bishop who served in two posts between 1946 and his death in October, 1960.

Born in 1896 he was educated at Hereford Cathedral School and Trinity Hall, Cambridge and ordained in 1924.^[1] Following a Curacy in Bedminster he rose steadily in the Church hierarchy being successively Vicar of St Gregory’s Horsfield, Rural Dean then Archdeacon of Bristol before elevation to the Diocese’s Suffragan Bishopric as Bishop of Malmesbury. After a decade as Bishop of Malmesbury he was translated to Guildford,^[2] where “in a short time he won the hearts and minds of both clergy and laity by his active and diligent pastoral ministry.^[3]

References

↑ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X)
↑ The Times, Wednesday, Jul 25, 1956; pg. 10; Issue 53592; col F Bishop Watkins to be new Bishop of Guildford
↑ The Times ,Tuesday, Oct 25, 1960; pg. 13; Issue 54911; col A Bishop Of Guildford Obituary Rt. Rev. I. S. Watkins

Church of England titles
Preceded by Ronald Ramsay	Bishop of Malmesbury 1946 – 1956	Succeeded by Edward Roberts
Preceded by Henry Montgomery Campbell	Bishop of Guildford 1956 – 1960	Succeeded by George Reindorp

Bishops of Malmesbury and of Swindon

Malmesbury	Ronald Ramsay Ivor Watkins Edward Roberts Jim Bishop Freddy Temple Peter Firth

Swindon	Michael Doe Lee Rayfield

Bishops of Guildford

Suffragans	John Utterton George Sumner John Randolph

Diocesans	John Greig John Macmillan Henry Montgomery Campbell Ivor Watkins George Reindorp David Brown Michael Adie John Gladwin Christopher Hill Andrew Watson

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