Ken Pillar

Kenneth Harold Pillar (10 October 1924 – 21 February 2011) was the Bishop of Hertford from 1982 until 1989.[1]

Pillar was born on 10 October 1924[2] and educated at Devonport High School for Boys and Queens' College, Cambridge before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate in Childwall.[3] He had been made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1950 (4 June)[4] and ordained priest the Trinity Sunday following (20 May 1951) — both times by Clifford Martin, Bishop of Liverpool[5] After his title, he was chaplain of Lee Abbey and then vicar of St Paul's Beckenham. He then held further incumbencies at Canterbury and Waltham Abbey before becoming a bishop.[6] He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 1982, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[7] In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Sheffield.

References
  1. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  2. "Pillar, Kenneth Harold". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009, Lambeth, Church House Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
  4. "Ordinations at Trinity". Church Times (#4557). 9 June 1950. p. 437. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. "Trinity Ordinations". Church Times (#4607). 25 May 1951. p. 357. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. The Times, 2 December 1981, p. 12., Latest appointments
  7. "picture caption". Church Times (#6208). 5 February 1982. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Peter Mumford		 Bishop of Hertford
1982–1989		 Succeeded by
Robin Smith


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