He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1954 (26 September), by Cyril Easthaugh, Bishop of Kensington,[4] and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (25 September 1955), by William Wand, Bishop of London — both times at St Paul's Cathedral.
[5] He served his curacy at St John's Wood, after which he was Chaplain of Jesus College, Cambridge.
[6] Following this he was Vicar of Wyken and then (his final appointment before his ordination to the episcopate)[7] of Holy Trinity Fareham.
[8] He was consecrated a bishop on 18 October 1974 by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.
[9] In retirement he continued to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Winchester for some time.