Leslie Fisher

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Leslie Gravatt Fisher (18 August 1906 – 16 June 1988[1]) was an Anglican priest.[2] He was the Archdeacon of Chester from 1965 to 1975.[3]

Fisher was educated at Hertford Grammar School and the London College of Divinity. After a curacy in Northwood he held incumbencies at Blackheath and Bermondsey.[4] He was then home secretary of the Church Mission Society from 1947 until his archdeacon’s appointment.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Deaths", The Times (London, England), 18 June 1988, p. 11.
  2. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link]
  3. ^ "Fisher, Ven. Leslie Gravatt", Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 10 Oct 2012
  4. ^ St Mary's website
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, London OUP, 1948.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of Chester
1965–1975
Succeeded by