Basil Guy (bishop)
Basil Tudor Guy[1] (9 March 1910 – 29 April 1975) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[2]
Guy was born on 9 March 1910 and educated at Forest School and Keble College, Oxford.[3] After a curacy at Wanstead, he was Vicar of Bradninch then St Eustachius' Church, Tavistock before his appointment as Archdeacon of Bedford in 1956. A year later he was elevated to Bishop of Bedford[4] in 1957. Five years later he was translated to Gloucester where he stayed until his death from cancer on 29 April 1975.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ NPG details
- ^ Obituary-Bishop Of Gloucester The Times Tuesday, Mar 04, 1975; pg. 16; Issue 59335; col F
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ with the additional position of Archdeacon of St Albans
- ^ "Deaths in the last year", Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X