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Frederick Stephen "Freddy" Temple (24 November 1916 – 26 November 2000) was the Suffragan Bishop of Malmesbury in the Diocese of Bristol from 1973 until 1983.

Temple was the grandson of Frederick Temple and the nephew of William Temple, both Archbishops of Canterbury. He was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1948 and was a curate in Newark and later Rector of St Agnes' Longsight and Dean of Hong Kong. He returned to England to be senior chaplain to Geoffrey Fisher, then Archbishop of Canterbury. He was then Vicar of St Mary’s Portsea, Portsmouth, the largest parish in the city, and then Archdeacon of Malmesbury until his ordination to the episcopate. He retired in 1983 and died on 26 November 2000.

References

1. The Telegraph — Obituary, Freddy Temple
2. ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
3. “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
4. "Church website". Archived from the original on 9 May 2008. Retrieved 30 December 2008.
5. "Senior Chaplain At Lambeth Palace", The Times, 8 May 1959, p. 14.
6. The Times, 20 April 1983, p. 16., "'Bishop of Malmesbury to resign"

• 1916 births
• People educated at Rugby School
• Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford
• Deans of Hong Kong
• Archdeacons of Malmesbury
• 20th-century Church of England bishops
• Bishops of Swindon (previously Malmesbury)
• 2000 deaths