[1] He was ordained as a deacon on 11 June 1933 (Trinity Sunday) at Leeds Parish Church[2] and priest the next Trinity Sunday, 27 May 1934, at Christ Church, Harrogate — both times by Edward Burroughs, Bishop of Ripon.
[3] He was a curate at St Agnes Leeds[4] and then chaplain of Ridley Hall, Cambridge.
After wartime service as a Chaplain to the Forces[5] he was vicar of Upton then Archdeacon of Newark[6] before his ordination to the episcopate.
He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 1962 by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.
[7] He was also an author – among others he wrote "Sparrows of the Spirit", 1957; "The Country Parish Today and Tomorrow", 1960; “F.