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Stanley Eley

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Stanley Albert Hallam Eley (1904–1990) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Gibraltar (in the Church of England) from 1960 to 1970.[1]

He was made a deacon by Harold Bilbrough, Bishop of Dover, on St Matthew's Day (21 September) 1924, at St Andrew's, Croydon;[2] ordained a priest by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, in Advent 1925 (19 December), at Canterbury Cathedral;[3] and consecrated a bishop by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, on Lady Day (25 March) 1960, at Westminster Abbey.[4] Eley married Doreen Bourne, a scion of the Judkin-Fitzgerald baronets; they had no children.

References

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  1. ^ Podmore, Colin (2005). Aspects of Anglican Identity. Church House Publishing. p. 176. ISBN 0-7151-4074-4. Retrieved 16 May 2008.
  2. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3218. 26 September 1928. p. 328. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  3. ^ "Advent ordinations". Church Times. No. 3283. 24 December 1925. p. 753. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ^ "Consecration at Westminster". Church Times. No. 5068. 1 April 1960. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 11 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Gibraltar
1960 – 1970
Succeeded byas Bishop of Fulham and Gibraltar