John Orpen

John Herbert Orpen was an Anglican priest in the 20th century.^[1]

He was born on 30 September 1868, educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordained for service in the Diocese of Liverpool in 1894.^[2] He held curacies in Toxteth, Beeston and Ross-on-Wye. After this he served incumbencies at Burton, Pembrokeshire, Thurston and Melton.^[3] He was a Chaplain to the Forces during World War I.^[4] In 1929 he became Provost of St Edmundsbury, a post he held until 1940. From then until his death on 3 December 1950 he was Rector of Fornham All Saints.^[5]

Notes

↑ Deaths.The Times(London, England), Tuesday, Dec 05, 1950; pg. 1; Issue 51866.
↑ Ordinations. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Dec 20, 1893; pg. 15; Issue 34139.
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 p 982 Oxford, OUP,1947
↑ London Gazette
↑ National Archives

Provosts and Deans of St Edmundsbury

Provosts	John Orpen John White John Waddington David Maddock Raymond Furnell James Atwell (became Dean)

Deans	James Atwell (previously Provost) Neil Collings Frances Ward

Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich

St Edmundsbury Cathedral The Bishop's House, Ipswich St Nicholas Centre, Ipswich

Office holders	Martin Seeley, Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich Mike Harrison, Bishop of Dunwich AEO: Norman Banks, Bishop suffragan of Richborough Frances Ward, Dean of St Edmundsbury David Jenkins, Archdeacon of Sudbury Ian Morgan, Archdeacon of Suffolk Archdeacon of Ipswich (vacant; not to be filled)

Historic offices	Provosts of St Edmundsbury (1929–2000; see Dean of St Edmundsbury)

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