Frank Bentley (priest) explained

Frank William Henry Bentley (4 March 1934 – 15 November 2024) was an English Anglican clergyman who was Archdeacon of Worcester from 1984 to 1999.[1] Bentley was educated at Yeovil School and King's College London. He was ordained deacon in 1958 and priest in 1959 .[2] After a curacy in Shepton Mallet he held incumbencies in Babcary, Wiveliscombe and St Johns, Worcester[3] before his Archdeacon’s appointment. Bentley died from heart failure on 15 November 2024, at the age of 90.[4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norton Church web site . 9 September 2013 . 4 March 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304130124/http://www.nortonchurch.org.uk/norton500.asp . dead .
  2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  3. ‘BENTLEY, Ven. Frank William Henry’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 Accessed 9 Sept 2013
  4. Web site: Worcester . Diocese of . Frank Bentley – RIP . 2024-11-19 . Diocese of Worcester . en.