Robert Sidney Ladds SSC

Society of the Holy Cross

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 is an English bishop

Bishop

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 who served as Suffragan Bishop of Whitby

Bishop of Whitby

The Bishop of Whitby is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of York, in the Province of York, England.The title takes its name after the town of Whitby in North Yorkshire...

 from 1999 to 2008. He was born on 15 November 1941 and educated at Canterbury Christ Church University

Canterbury Christ Church University

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. Ordained in 1981 he began his career with a curacy

Curate

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 in Hythe, Kent

Hythe, Kent

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 and was then successively Chaplain

Chaplain

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 to the Bishop of Blackburn

David Stewart Cross

David Stewart Cross was the 2nd Bishop of Doncaster who was later translated to Blackburn.Educated at Trinity College, Dublin, he was ordained in 1955. His first post was as a curate at Hexham. A noted broadcaster, he was Precentor of St Albans Cathedral before his ordination to the...

, Vicar

Vicar

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 of Bretherton

Bretherton

Bretherton is a small village and civil parish in the Borough of Chorley, Lancashire, England situated to the south west of Leyland and east of Tarleton. Its name suggests pre-conquest origins and its early history was closely involved with the manor house Bank Hall and the families who lived there...

 and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) Archdeacon of Lancaster. A keen gardener he was a Chemistry Teacher at Borden Grammar School

Borden Grammar School

Borden Grammar School is a selective boys grammar school situated in the centre of Sittingbourne, Kent, England which educates students aged 11–18. Whilst the school mainly admits boys, a small number girls have been educated at the school within the Sixth Form. The school holds specialist status...

, Sittingbourne before becoming a clergyman. He is the current Superior-General of the Society of Mary

Society of Mary (Anglican)

The Society of Mary is an Anglican devotional society dedicated to and under the patronage of the Blessed Virgin Mary. As its website states, it is a group of Anglican Christians "dedicated to the Glory of God and the Holy Incarnation of Christ under the invocation of Our Lady, Help of...

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