Keith Prosser

Charles Keith Kipling Prosser^[1] 1897–1954) was the fifth Bishop of Burnley from 1950 until 1954.

Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham he served during World War I with the Royal Garrison Artillery^[2] after which he studied at Queens' College, Cambridge before ordaination in 1923. Successively curate of Bishop Latimer’s Church, Birmingham,^[3] Rector of Alert Bay, British Columbia and Rural Dean of Leigh he was ordained to the episcopate in 1950.^[4] He died in post four years later.^[5]

Notes

1. Diary of Brian David Williams — October 1952
2. During which he was Mentioned in Despatches—“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. Brief Church History
4. Bishop Of Burnley, The Times 24 January 1950; p. 4.
5. Lancashire Lantern