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Simon Barrington-Ward

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Simon Barrington-Ward KCMG (27 May 1930 – 11 April 2020) was a bishop in the Church of England. He was the General Secretary of Church Missionary Society (CMS) from 1975 to 1985. From 1985 to 1997, he was the seventh Bishop of Coventry.[1][2] Barrington-Ward was later a bishop with pastoral care at the University of Cambridge. In 2001, he was made Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George.

Barrington-Ward died on 11 April 2020, aged 89.[3]

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  1. Ellis, P, ed. (1992). Debrett's People of Today. London: Debrett's. p. 1621. ISBN 1-870520-09-2.
  2. "picture caption". Church Times. No. 6404. 8 November 1985. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  3. "Bishop Simon Barrington-Ward has died". Diocese of Coventry. Retrieved 15 April 2020.