George Edward Holderness (5 March 1913 – 21 October 1987) was an Anglican bishop.
He was born in 1913 and educated at Leeds Grammar School and Keble College, Oxford. Ordained in 1936, he began his career with a curacy at Bedale and was then Chaplain at Aysgarth School until 1947, a period interrupted by World War II service as a Chaplain to the Forces. He was then Vicar of St Cuthbert's Church, Darlington and for 15 years suffragan Bishop of Burnley in the Diocese of Blackburn. In 1970 he left Burnley to become Dean of Lichfield, a post he held to retirement in 1979. He died in 1987.
References
- Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- "A short guide and history to Burnley Parish Church of St.Peter" Holderness, G.A: 1961, Gloucester, British Publishing Company
- "Ecclesiastical News Consecration Of Two Bishops." The Times Thursday, Feb 03, 1955; pg. 4; Issue 53156; col C
- National Archives Detail
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Preceded byCharles Keith Kipling Prosser | Bishop of Burnley 1955 –1970 |
Succeeded byRichard Charles Challinor Watson |
Preceded byWilliam Stuart MacPherson | Dean of Lichfield 1970 –1979 |
Succeeded byJohn Harley Lang |
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