honorary canon
Americannoun
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That suspension started in 2019 when a new police investigation was opened into Tudor, who was by then an honorary canon of Chelmsford Cathedral and an area dean.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2025
"You are absolutely uplifting somebody's ministry as an example and a model of good and best practice, and you're celebrating that actually by making them an honorary canon."
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024
David Tudor's elevation to honorary canon is something Stephen Cottrell "regrets", says his office, but it was "not a promotion and not a personal reward".
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024
Tudor worked for the Church of England for over 46 years, in London, Surrey and Essex, rising from curate to honorary canon.
From BBC • Dec. 16, 2024
He was appointed rural dean in 1870, and honorary canon in 1877.
From Norfolk Annals A Chronological Record of Remarkable Events in the Nineteeth Century, Vol. 2 by Mackie, Charles
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