Basil Arthur O’Ferrall CB QHC (24 August 1924 – 23 June 2006) was an Anglican priest in the second half of the 20th century.[1]
He was born on 24 August 1924[2] and educated at St Patrick’s Cathedral Grammar School, Dublin and Trinity College in the same city. He was ordained in 1948 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Patrick’s, Coleraine[3] after which he became a naval chaplain. He served on amongst others HMS Victory, HMS Ganges, HMS Adamant and HMS Victorious before becoming Chaplain of the Fleet and Archdeacon of the Royal Navy, a post he held from 1975 to 1980. An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, he was Vicar of Ranworth with Woodbastwick[4] before becoming Dean of Jersey in 1985.[5] He retired in 1993; and died on 23 June 2006.
Notes and references
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76. London: Oxford University Press, 1976. ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Rathlin Church
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ Societe Jersaise
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