Brian Masters (bishop)

Brian John Masters (17 October 1932[1]–23 September 1998) was a British Anglican bishop in the Church of England. He was the Bishop of Fulham[2] and then the area Bishop of Edmonton.[3]


Brian Masters
Bishop of Edmonton
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseLondon
In office1984 – 23 September 1998
PredecessorBill Westwood
SuccessorPeter Wheatley
Other postsBishop of Fulham
1982–1984
Orders
Ordination1964
Consecrationc.1982
Personal details
Born(1932-10-17)17 October 1932
Horsham, Sussex, England
Died23 September 1998(1998-09-23) (aged 65)
London, England
DenominationAnglican
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge

Masters was educated at Collyer's School, Horsham, and Queens' College, Cambridge, before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate at St Dunstan and All Saints in Stepney, after which he was the vicar of Holy Trinity with St Mary's Hoxton[4] before his ordination to the episcopate.[5] He died in office.

References

  1. Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
  2. Crockford's clerical directory, 1995 (Lambeth, Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
  3. Episcopal Succession of the Church of England Archived November 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. EoLFHS website Archived December 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)


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