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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Dean of Liverpool
| DATE OF BIRTH = 1932
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Revision as of 14:38, 7 April 2012

The Very Rev Rhys Derrick Chamberlain Walters, OBE was the fourth Dean of Liverpool.[1]

He was born on 10 March 1932[2], and was educated at Gowerton Boys’ Grammar School in the county of Swansea, and at the London School of Economics.

He was ordained in 1958[3] and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Michael's church, Manselton, Swansea.[4] Later he became the Anglican Chaplain at Swansea University and Curate at St Mary’s, Swansea[5].

He then held incumbencies at All Saints, Totley and St Mary’s, Boulton by Derby. He was Diocesan Missioner for the Diocese of Salisbury from 1974 to 1983, when he was appointed to the Deanery. He died on 5 April 2000[6] and a building is named after him at Liverpool John Moores University.[7]

Walters was grandfather of entertainment entrepreneur, William Walters, owner of the WAHIE Group.

Notes

  1. ^ Cathedral Web-site
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
  4. ^ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debrett's) p 2091 ISBN 1870520092)
  5. ^ Church web-site
  6. ^ Guardian Obituatry
  7. ^ University web-site
Religious titles
Preceded by Dean of Liverpool
1983–1999
Succeeded by


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