William Stanton Jones
British bishop
Intro | British bishop | |
Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |
was | Priest | |
Work field | Religion | |
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Birth | 29 July 1905 | |
Death | 13 August 1951 (aged 46 years) |
William Stanton Jones (29 July 1866 – 13 August 1951) was an Anglican bishop.
Stanton-Jones was educated at Durham University. Ordained in 1892 he began his ordained ministry as a curate at Widnes, after which he was vicar of St Polycarp’s Liverpool. He was then vicar of St Mary’s with St Lawrence's Kirkdale, Liverpool and rural dean of Middleton. From 1921 (pictured) to 1928 he was Archdeacon of Bradford when he was ordained to the episcopate as Bishop of Sodor and Man, a position he held for 14 years.