Denis James

Denis James was Archdeacon of Barnstaple from 1946 to 1958.[1]

James was born on 3 May 1895 and educated at Cirencester Grammar School. He served in the Indian Army during World War I and was ordained after a period of study at Salisbury Theological College in 1923.[2] He served curacies at Carisbrooke[3] in the Isle of Wight and Portsea, Portsmouth; and held incumbencies in Gosport and Retford before his years as an Archdeacon.

He died on 28 July 1965.[4]

Notes
  1. Ecclesiastical News: Archdeacon of Barnstaple Resigning The Times (London, England), Saturday, Sep 27, 1958; pg. 8; Issue 54267
  2. Crockfords Oxford, OUP, 1948
  3. Geograph
  4. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Edgar Hay		 Archdeacon of Barnstaple
1946–1958		 Succeeded by
Wilfrid Guy Sanderson


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