Richard Parsons 1941- 1948

Parsons was born in 1882 and educated at Durham School and Magdalen College, Oxford.

Ordained priest in 1907. He was a curate at Hampstead before serving four years as chaplain of University College, Oxford. He was Principal of Wells Theological College 1911-16. He served for one year as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces. In 1927, he became bishop of Middleton and was one of several who made major contributions to the revision of the Book of Common Prayer, during the 1920s. Parsons was translated to Southwark in 1932 and to Hereford in 1941.