Background
Parsonshe was born into a Lancashire family on 12 November 1882 and educated at Durham School and Magdalen College, Oxford.
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Richard Parsons
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Magdalen College; Durham School.
Career
Ordained priest in 1907 he was a curate at Hampstead before four years as Chaplain at University College, Oxford. Principal of Wells Theological College from 1911-1916 he was then appointed a chaplain to the forces before two Lancashire incumbencies. Ideally suited to pastoral work he became Bishop of Middleton, a Suffragan appointment in 1927.
During this period he was one of several clerics who made a major contribution to the revision of the Book of Common Prayer.
A man with much sympathy to the poor he enjoyed his time at the See of Southwark (1932-1941) before translation to Hereford.
