Dennis Fountain Page (1 December 1919 – 19 January 2009[1]) was the Anglican Bishop of Lancaster from 1975 until 1985.

Page was educated at Shrewsbury School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.[2] He was ordained in 1943 and was a curate at Rugby, Warwickshire before becoming the priest in Charge of Hillmorton[3] and then the Rector of Hockwold.[4] From 1965 to 1975 he was the Archdeacon of Huntingdon before his ordination to the episcopate[5] by Stuart Blanch, Archbishop of York, at Blackburn Cathedral on 1 March 1975.[6]

References

  1. ^ Obituary
  2. ^ ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ^ "Rectors of Hockwold"
  5. ^ Debrett's People of Today 1992, (London, Debrett's), ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
  6. ^ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 5847. 7 March 1975. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 17 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
Church of England titles Preceded byAnthony Hoskyns-Abrahall Bishop of Lancaster 1975–1985 Succeeded byIan Harland


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