Stuart Blanch, Baron Blanch

Stuart Yarworth Blanch, Baron Blanch PC ( born February 2, 1918 in Lydney, † June 3, 1994 in Banbury ) was Bishop of Liverpool and Archbishop of York.

Life

Blanch attended Alleyn 's School in Dulwich. During World War II he served in the Royal Air Force as a navigator. His service took him to India, where he visited the Dohnavur Fellowship and the famous missionary Amy Carmichael met. After demobilization Blanch went to Oxford and was ordained in 1949. He worked for five years as a vicar, then as deputy head of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, and as Warden of the Rochester Theological College. In 1966 he was appointed Bishop of Liverpool in 1975 and changed the bishopric to York. From 1972, Blanch was as a spiritual Lord Member of the House of Lords. On September 5, 1983, he was appointed as Baron Blanch of Bishopthorpe in the County of North Yorkshire for Life Peer and could remain so until his death in the House of Lords.

  • Archbishop of York
  • Anglican Bishop ( 20th Century)
  • Life peer
  • Member of the House of Lords
  • Briton
  • Born in 1918
  • Died in 1994
  • Man
  • Politicians ( 20th century)
  • Bishop of Liverpool
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