Bill Brison
William Stanley Brison (20 November 1929 – 27 October 2022) was an Anglican priest who held senior positions on both sides of the Atlantic.[1]
He was educated at Alfred University and Connecticut University.[2] He trained for ordination at Berkeley Divinity School and was ordained both deacon and priest in 1957.[3][4] He was Vicar of Christ Church, Bethany, Connecticut from 1957 to 1969; Archdeacon of New Haven, Connecticut from 1967 to 1969; Rector of Stamford, Connecticut from 1969 to 1972; Vicar of Christ Church, Davyhulme from 1972 to 1981; Rector of All Saints', Newton Heath from 1981 to 1985; Area Dean of North Manchester from 1981 to 1985; Archdeacon of Bolton from 1985 to 1992;[5] with the CMS in Nigeria from 1992 to 1994; and the Team Rector of Pendleton from 1994 to 1998.[6] During his time at Newton Heath, he was once robbed at gunpoint.[7]
He married the love of his life Marguerite Adelia Nettleton in June 1951, they were married for 69 years, had four children, nine grandchildren and one great-grandchild. He died on 27 October 2022, aged 92. After being cared for by both his daughter and his granddaughter, he lived to see his first great grandchild.[8]
References
[edit]- ↑ A Professor's Work, Melko, M; Lanham, Maryland, University Pressof America, 1998 ISBN 0761812172
- ↑ "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Ven William Stanley Brison". Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ Crockfords (London, OUP, 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
- ↑ "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Ven William Stanley Brison". Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ Church news The Times (London, England), Wednesday, November 06, 1991; pg. 18; Issue 64170
- ↑ ‘ DAVIES, Ven. Lorys Martin’, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 27 June 2013
- ↑ "Church Times: "The Revd John Preston", 5 April 2007". Retrieved 23 November 2022.
- ↑ "Church Times: "Deaths", 18 November 2022". Retrieved 23 November 2022.