# Eric Knell

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{{Portal|Christianity}}'''Eric Henry Knell''' (1 April 1903<ref>[Who was Who](/source/Who's_Who) 1897-2007: London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref> &ndash; January 1987)<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.purley.eu/H442.htm |title=Area Bishops |access-date=2012-06-09 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130213100414/http://www.purley.eu/H442.htm |archive-date=2013-02-13 |url-status=dead }}</ref> was the [Bishop of Reading](/source/Bishop_of_Reading) from 1954 until 1972.<ref>[The Times](/source/The_Times), Thursday, Jan 13, 1972; pg. 14; Issue 58374; col C ''Resignation of the Bishop of Reading''</ref>

Knell was educated at [Trinity College, Oxford](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Oxford) and [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1929.<ref>''[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> Beginning his ministry with a [curacy](/source/Curate) at ''St Barnabas, [Southfields](/source/Southfields)''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stbarnabas-online.org/HomeFrames.htm |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-09-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828023359/http://www.stbarnabas-online.org/HomeFrames.htm |archive-date=2008-08-28 |url-status=dead }}</ref> he was successively: [Domestic Chaplain](/source/Chaplain) to the [Bishop of Lincoln](/source/Frederick_Cyril_Nugent_Hicks); [Priest in charge](/source/Priest_in_charge) of  the  ''[Trinity College, Oxford](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Oxford), Mission'' in [Stratford](/source/Stratford%2C_London); [Vicar](/source/Vicar) of ''Emmanuel, [Forest Gate](/source/Forest_Gate)'', then  ''Christ Church, [Reading](/source/Reading%2C_Berkshire)'';<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rdgchristchurch.org/|title=Church Web Site 1|work=rdgchristchurch.org}}</ref> and finally, before his appointment to the [episcopate](/source/episcopate), [Archdeacon of Berkshire](/source/Archdeacon_of_Berkshire).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.purley.eu/H3P/YB.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2008-09-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110720171225/http://www.purley.eu/H3P/YB.pdf |archivedate=2011-07-20 }}</ref> In 1972 he retired to [Lingfield, Surrey](/source/Lingfield%2C_Surrey) and continued to serve the [Church](/source/Church_of_England) as an [Assistant Bishop](/source/Assistant_Bishop) within the [Diocese of Oxford](/source/Diocese_of_Oxford).

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