Background
Armstrong was born on 4 October 1905.
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John Armstrong
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He was educated at Durham School, then an all-boys Independent school in Durham, County Durham, England.
Career
He was the fourth Bishop of Bermuda. He trained for ordination at Street Francis College, a theological college in Nundah, Queensland, and completed a Licentiate in Theology (ThL) at the Australian College of Theology. Armstrong was ordained as a deacon in 1932 and as a priest in 1933.
He was a military chaplain in the Royal Navy for 28 years.
He eventually rose to be Chaplain of the Fleet, serving from 1960 to 1963. He retied from the Royal Navy on 15 March 1963.
In 1963, Armstrong was elevated to the episcopate. He was the first Chaplain of the Fleet to proceed directly to the episcopate after leaving office.
On 25 March 1963, he was consecrated a bishop by Michael Ramsey, the Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service at Westminster Abbey.
He died on 30 December 1992.
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