Laurence Woolmer
Laurence Henry Woolmer (1906 – 1977[1]) was the Bishop of Lahore from 1949[2] until 1968. Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and St Peter's College, Oxford he was a banker before being ordained in 1938. After a curacy at St Paul’s, Salisbury,[3] he became a Missionary in India, eventually rising to be Archdeacon of Lahore[4] before elevation to the episcopate.[5] After 19 years he returned to be Vicar of Meonstoke with Corhampton and Exton. His Times obituary described him as
"a man of prayer whose boundless energy and zeal showed the spirit of Christ in all his dealings.[6]”
Notes
- ^ The Times, Tuesday, Aug 09, 1977; pg. 12; Issue 60077; col E Obituary The Right Rev L. H. Woolmer
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ Church web-site
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1976 ISBN 0180153674
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ^ The Times (Ibid)
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