Roderick Wells
Roderick John Wells (17 November 1936 – 10 December 2025) was an English Anglican priest, who was Archdeacon of Stow in the Diocese of Lincoln from 1989 to 2001.[1]
Wells was an Insurance clerk from 1953 to 1955; a Radar Mechanic in the RAF from 1955 to 1957; and an Assistant Master at Chester Choir School from 1957 to 1959. He then completed a BA at Durham University and a MA at the University of Hull. After a curacy at St Mary-at-Lambeth from, 1965 to 1971;[2] Rector of Skegness from 1971 to 1978; Team Rector of Grimsby from 1978 to 1989; Area Dean of Cleethorpes from 1983 to 1989; Archdeacon of Stow from, 1989 to 2001, and of Lindsey from 1994 to 2001.[3]
Wells died on 10 December 2025, at the age of 89.[4]
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[edit]- ↑ Church News The Times (London, England), Friday, 5 October 2001; pg. 4[S]; Issue 67262
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76:London, OUP, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ 'WELLS, Ven. Roderick John', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, November 2016 accessed 6 May 2017
- ↑ "Obituary: The Ven. Roderick Wells". www.churchtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 1 July 2026.