Leonard Moss

British Archdeacon (1932–2021)

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The Venerable Leonard Godfrey Moss,[1] AKC (11 July 1932 – 2 October 2021) was Archdeacon of Hereford from 1991[2] until 1997.[3]

He was educated at King's College London and ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961.[4] After curacies in Putney (1960–63) and Cheam (1963–67) he held incumbencies in Much Dewchurch (1967–72) then Marden (1972–78). He was the Hereford Diocesan Ecumenical Secretary from 1969 to 1983; a Prebendary of Hereford Cathedral from 1979 to 1997; and a Canon Residentiary there from 1991 until 1997.

Moss died on 2 October 2021, at the age of 89.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ Delham
  2. ^ Church news The Times (London, England), Thursday, August 22, 1991; pg. 16; Issue 64105
  3. ^ ‘MOSS, Ven. Leonard Godfrey’, Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013 ; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 5 Dec 2013
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 p691 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ^ "Church Times: "Deaths", 15 October 2021". Retrieved 15 October 2021.
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Andrew Woodhouse
Archdeacon of Hereford
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