Bishop of Buckingham
Simon Hedley Burrows (8 November 1928 – 5 August 2015) was the Bishop of Buckingham from 1974 to 1994 and the first area bishop under the diocesan area scheme of 1984.[ 1]
Early life
Burrows was born on 8 November 1928. He was the grandson of Leonard Burrows (Bishop of Sheffield ) and Neville Lovett (Bishop of Salisbury )[ 2] and son of Hedley Burrows (Dean of Hereford ).[ 3] He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge .
Ordained ministry
He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1954 (26 September), by Cyril Easthaugh , Bishop of Kensington ,[ 4] and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (25 September 1955), by William Wand , Bishop of London — both times at St Paul's Cathedral .[ 5]
He served his curacy at St John's Wood , after which he was Chaplain of Jesus College, Cambridge .[ 6] Following this he was Vicar of Wyken and then (his final appointment before his ordination to the episcopate )[ 7] of Holy Trinity Fareham .[ 8] He was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 1974 by Michael Ramsey , Archbishop of Canterbury , at Westminster Abbey .[ 9]
In retirement he continued to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Winchester for some time.
Death
He died on 5 August 2015 due to illness.[ 10]
References
^ Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2 )
^ ‘BURROWS, Very Rev. Hedley Robert’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007 [1] , accessed 30 June 2012
^ ‘BURROWS, Rt Rev. Simon Hedley’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [2] , accessed 30 June 2012
^ "Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 4782. 1 October 1954. p. 743. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Michaelmas ordinations" . Church Times . No. 4835. 7 October 1955. p. 12. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ “Crockford's clerical directory , 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6 )
^ ”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's ) ISBN 1-870520-09-2 )
^ Parish Web Site
^ "picture caption" . Church Times . No. 5828. 25 October 1974. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 27 August 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ BURROWS
Office holders
Steven Croft , Bishop of Oxford
Gavin Collins , area Bishop of Dorchester
Mary Gregory , area Bishop-designate of Reading
Dave Bull , area Bishop-designate of Buckingham
AEO : Paul Thomas , Bishop suffragan of Oswestry & Rob Munro , Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet
Sarah Foot , Dean of Christ Church, Oxford
Jonathan Chaffey , Archdeacon of Oxford
Guy Elsmore , Archdeacon of Buckingham
Stephen Pullin , Archdeacon of Berkshire
David Tyler , Archdeacon of Dorchester
Selected deaneries