He served as a priest at St Anne's Oldland Common near Bristol.
He became Dean of Liverpool in 1964,[4] at a time when the Gothic Anglican Liverpool Cathedral remained unfinished 60 years after the foundation stone had been laid; and retired in 1982.
[5] Landmarks of his tenure as Dean included the dedication of the cathedral by Elizabeth II in October 1978 (despite some final details still remaining uncompleted), a memorial service for John Lennon in 1981, and a controversial visit from Pope John Paul II in 1982.
[6] An honorary Doctor of the University of Liverpool,[7] he was succeeded as dean by the Rev Derrick Walters.
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