Leonard Ashton

Leonard Ashton
Born 1915
Died 19 January 2001(2001-01-19) (aged 86)

Leonard James Ashton was the inaugural Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf.[1] Born in 1915[2] and educated at Tyndale Hall, Bristol, he was ordained in 1943 and after a curacy at Cheadle was for nearly 30 years an RAF chaplain.[3] From 1974 until 1976, he was Assistant Bishop of Jerusalem prior to the re-organisation [4] that led to his elevation to the Episcopate. He dies in 2001 in Chesham.

References

  1. "Who was Who 1897–2007” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. Crockford's clerical directory in Chesham (London, Church House 1975) ISBN 0-19-200008-X)
  3. Latterly as Archdeacon of the RAF
  4. The Times, Thursday, 31 Jul 1975; pg. 6; Issue 59462; col B "Church reorganized in Middle East"
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf
1976 1983
Succeeded by
Henry Moore
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