Gerald Vernon

Gerald Richard Vernon (13 February 1899 – 12 May 1963) was an Anglican bishop in the mid 20th century.[1][2]

He was educated at Twyford School, Winchester College and Magdalen College, Oxford and ordained in 1924.[3][4][5]

Vernon was made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1923 (27 May)[6] and ordained a priest the following Trinity Sunday (15 June 1924) — both times by Winfrid Burrows, Bishop of Chichester, at Chichester Cathedral;[7] and began his ordained ministry with a nine-year curacy at Christ Church, St Leonards-on-Sea[8] after which he was its vicar for a further eight years. In 1940 he became the fifth Bishop of Madagascar,[9] a position he held for a decade. He was consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, on St James's Day 1940 (25 July) at St Paul's Cathedral.[10] Returning to England he was the vicar of Finedon and an Assistant Bishop of Peterborough.[11] In 1957 he became Dean of St John's Cathedral, Belize,[12] a position he held until his death.[13]