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Lewis Evan Meredith (1900 - 1968) was an Anglican bishop, the seventh Suffragan Bishop of Dover in the modern era.

Educated at Lancing College and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1923 and began his career with a curacy at Oswestry. From 1927 to 1931 he was a Minor Canon at Canterbury Cathedral and then held incumbencies at Wath-on-Dearne and Bognor Regis. Following this he was Rural Dean of Eastbourne before ascending to the Episcopate, a post he held for 7 years. In retirement he continued to serve the church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Gloucester.

Notes

  1. Obituary- Rt Rev L. E. Meredith Former Bishop of Dover The Times Saturday, 6 Jan 1968; pg. 8; Issue 57142; col G
  2. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  3. Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. The Clergy of the People of Bognor: Lewis Evan Meredith
Church of England titles
Preceded byAlfred Carey Wollaston Rose Bishop of Dover
1957 –1964 		Succeeded byAnthony Paul Tremlett
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