Paul Fulcrand Delacour Labilliere was the second Bishop of Knaresborough

Bishop of Knaresborough

The Bishop of Knaresborough is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, in the Province of York, England...

 from 1934 to 1938; and, subsequently, Dean

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 of Westminster. Born on 22 January 1879 into a legal family he was educated at Harrow

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 and Merton College, Oxford

Merton College, Oxford

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. After taking Holy Orders

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 he became Chaplain

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 to the Bishop of Durham before missionary work in South Africa

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. He was successively Clerical Superintendent of the Liverpool Scripture Readers, Chaplain of Wadham College, Oxford

Wadham College, Oxford

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, Lecturer

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  at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford

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 and Vicar

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 of Christ Church, High Harrogate

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 before a 4 year stint as Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough

Bishop of Knaresborough

The Bishop of Knaresborough is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, in the Province of York, England...

. A quiet but effective priest, his final appointment was as Dean of Westminster.