John Lewis (archdeacon of Hereford)

John Wilfred Lewis (25 September 1909 – 4 January 1984) was a British Anglican priest. He was the Archdeacon of Ludlow from 1960 to 1970 and Archdeacon of Hereford from 1970 to 1976.[1][2]

Lewis was educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, and Westcott House, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1936.[3] After a curacy in Portsea he was chaplain at St. Paul's Cathedral, Calcutta. He then had incumbencies in Eastleigh, Reading and Wellington, Herefordshire. He was a canon residentiary at Hereford Cathedral from 1961 to 1970.

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  1. ^ "New Archdeacon Of Hereford", The Times (London, England), 7 April 1970, p. 12.
  2. ^ "Lewis, Ven. John Wilfred", Who Was Who, A & C Black, accessed 5 December 2013.
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48, OUP, p. 802.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Ludlow
1960–1970
Succeeded by
Preceded by Archdeacon of Hereford
1970–1972
Succeeded by