Michael Baughen

BAUGHEN, Michael Alfred. b. Borehamwood, Hertfordshire, 7 June 1930. He was educated at Bromley County Grammar School and (after briefly working in a bank) Oak Hill Theological College, London (BD 1955). He was ordained (deacon 1956, priest 1957), serving curacies at Hyson Green, Nottinghamshire (1956-59) and Reigate, Surrey (1959-61). He was Candidates’ Secretary, Church Pastoral Aid Society (1961-64); Rector of Holy Trinity, Rusholme, Manchester (1964-70), then Incumbent of All Souls’, Langham Place, London (as Team Vicar, then Rector, 1970-82). He was Bishop of Chester (1982-96); he retired to Bermondsey, London, continuing to serve the church in the London area, and later to...