Background
Chaplin was born in 1920 and educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
Chaplin was born in 1920 and educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford.
He was ordained in 1951 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Glastonbury. He was Chaplain of Wells Theological College from 1955 to 1957 and its Vice Principal from then until his appointment as Dean.