File:Canterbury cathedral. jpg Anglicanism portal The Rt Rev Francis Henry Thicknesse was the inaugural Suffragan Bishop of Leicester from 1888 until 1903. He was educated at Bridgnorth Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford . He was ordained in 1853 and two years later was made Vicar of Dean, Lancashire. Appointed Rural Dean of Bolton le Moors in 1857 he was later Archdeacon of Northampton before his elevation to the Episcopate.

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  • File:Canterbury cathedral. jpg Anglicanism portal The Rt Rev Francis Henry Thicknesse was the inaugural Suffragan Bishop of Leicester from 1888 until 1903. He was educated at Bridgnorth Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford . He was ordained in 1853 and two years later was made Vicar of Dean, Lancashire. Appointed Rural Dean of Bolton le Moors in 1857 he was later Archdeacon of Northampton before his elevation to the Episcopate. His last post before retirement was as Rector of Oxendon, Northamptonshire. At his death he was the oldest Anglican Bishop. There is a memorial to him in Wigan Parish Church.
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  • 1888 – 1903
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  • File:Canterbury cathedral. jpg Anglicanism portal The Rt Rev Francis Henry Thicknesse was the inaugural Suffragan Bishop of Leicester from 1888 until 1903. He was educated at Bridgnorth Grammar School and Brasenose College, Oxford . He was ordained in 1853 and two years later was made Vicar of Dean, Lancashire. Appointed Rural Dean of Bolton le Moors in 1857 he was later Archdeacon of Northampton before his elevation to the Episcopate.
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  • Francis Henry Thicknesse
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