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Dec 01, 1936 Bradford, England, United Kingdom Died on 17 Jun 2010 (aged 73)
Bishop of Jarrow
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About Alan Smithson
- Alan Smithson (1 December 1936 – 17 June 2010) was Bishop of Jarrow from 1990 to 2001. He was educated at Bradford Grammar School and Queen's College, Oxford (he gained an Oxford Master of Arts and a Diploma in Theology before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Christ Church, Skipton after which he was Chaplain at his old college.
- Following this he was Vicar of Bracknell and later a Canon Residentiary at Carlisle Cathedral before being appointed to the episcopate.
- In retirement he served the Diocese of Edinburgh as an assistant bishop.
- He was also National Chaplain to the Church Lads' and Church Girls' Brigade from 1992-2006 where he was much loved. He died in Edinburgh and is buried in the churchyard of St Mark's in Portobello, just to the rear of the church.
