JO
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Chaplain to the British Armed Forces
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Male
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Birth:
30 September 1868
Death:
3 December 1950
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Education:
Selwyn College
The details
Biography
John Herbert Orpen was an Anglican priest in the 20th century.
He was born on 30 September 1868, educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordained for service in the Diocese of Liverpool in 1894. He held curacies in Toxteth, Beeston and Ross-on-Wye. After this he served incumbencies at Burton, Pembrokeshire, Thurston and Melton. He was a Chaplain to the Forces during World War I. In 1929 he became Provost of St Edmundsbury, a post he held until 1940. From then until his death on 3 December 1950 he was Rector of Fornham All Saints.