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About Roger Wilson (bishop)
- Roger Plumpton Wilson (3 August 1905 – 1 March 2002) was Bishop of Wakefield, and later Chichester, in the mid 20th century. Born into an ecclesiastical family, he was educated at Winchester College and Keble College, Oxford; made deacon in Advent 1935 (22 December), by Albert David, Bishop of Liverpool, at Prescot Parish Church; and ordained priest the following Advent (20 December), by Herbert Jones, Bishop of Warrington, at Liverpool Cathedral.
- After curacies at St Paul’s, Princes Park, Liverpool, and St John's, Smith Square, he was vicar of South Shore, Blackpool, and archdeacon of Nottingham before his appointment to the episcopate.
- He was consecrated a bishop on St Mark's Day 1949 (25 April), by Cyril Garbett, Archbishop of York, at York Minster.He taught classics at St.
- Andrew's College, Grahamstown, South Africa for a period.
- He was Clerk of the Closet from 1963 to 1975. He was an active Freemason.
- He served as Grand Chaplain (the most senior clerical appointment) in the United Grand Lodge of England from 1957 to 1958.
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