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Brian Masters (bishop)

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Brian Masters
Bishop of Edmonton
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseLondon
In office1984 – 23 September 1998 (died in office)
PredecessorBill Westwood
SuccessorPeter Wheatley
Other post(s)Bishop of Fulham
1982–1984
Orders
Ordination1964
Consecrationc. 1982
Personal details
Born(1932-10-17)17 October 1932
Horsham, Sussex, England
Died23 September 1998(1998-09-23) (aged 65)
London, England
DenominationAnglican
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge

Brian John Masters (17 October 1932[1]–23 September 1998) was a British Anglican bishop in the Church of England. He was the Bishop of Fulham[2] and then the area Bishop of Edmonton.[3]

Masters was educated at Collyer's School, Horsham, and Queens' College, Cambridge, before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate at St Dunstan and All Saints in Stepney, after which he was the vicar of Holy Trinity with St Mary's Hoxton[4] before his ordination to the episcopate.[5] He died in office while Bishop of Edmonton in September 1998, aged 65.

References

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  1. ^ Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
  2. ^ Crockford's clerical directory, 1995 (Lambeth, Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
  3. ^ Episcopal Succession of the Church of England Archived November 17, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ EoLFHS website Archived December 7, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ ”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)