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Mervyn Charles-Edwards
Lewis Mervyn Charles-Edwards[1] (called Mervyn; 6 April 1902 – 20 October 1983) was an Anglican bishop[2] in the third quarter of the 20th century. Born on 6 April 1902, he was educated at Shrewsbury and Keble College, Oxford.[3] After this he studied for ordination at Lichfield Theological College followed by a curacy at Christ Church, Tunstall.[4] He was made deacon on Trinity Sunday (7 June) 1925[5] and ordained priest on 19 September 1926 — both times by John Kempthorne, Bishop of Lichfield, at Lichfield Cathedral.[6] He then held incumbencies at Marchington and Market Drayton before becoming rural dean of Hodnet then Newark.[7] An Honorary Chaplain to the King, he was Vicar of St Martin-in-the-Fields, London until his elevation to the episcopate[8] in 1956, where he served for 14 years. He became Bishop of Worcester when his election was confirmed on 2 January (at St Mary-le-Bow)[9] and he was consecrated a bishop on 6 January 1956, by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.[10] A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem[11] he died on 20 October 1983.[12] Mervyn fathered two children, David and Jill. Notes
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