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Mervyn Banting

Mervyn Banting

Anglican Archdeacon (1937–2022)

Kenneth Mervyn Lancelot Hadfield Banting (known as Mervyn;[1] 8 September 1937 – 8 February 2022)[2][3] was an Anglican priest, who was an Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight.

Banting was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge and Cuddesdon College. He was ordained deacon in 1965 and priest in 1966 [4] and began his career as Chaplain at Winchester College after which he was Assistant Curate at St Francis, Leigh Park. He then held incumbencies in Hemel Hempstead, Bedford[5] and Portsmouth before his island appointment in 1996.

Banting retired as Archdeacon in 2003.[6] He died on 8 February 2022, at the age of 84.[7]

Notes

  1. [1]
    The Independent – Church appointments
  2. [2]
    Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. [3]
    "Church Times: "Deaths", 11 February 2022".
  4. [4]
    Crockford's clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. [5]
    All Saints web site Archived 2011-06-11 at the Wayback Machine
  6. [6]
    "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Ven Kenneth Mervyn Lancelot Hadfield Banting". Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. [7]
    "Church Times: "Deaths", 11 February 2022".
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