# Lewis Meredith

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{{Short description|Anglican bishop}}
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'''Lewis Evan Meredith ''' (1900 - 1968<ref>''Obituary- Rt Rev L. E. Meredith Former Bishop of Dover'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) Saturday, 6 Jan 1968; pg. 8; Issue 57142; col G</ref>) was an Anglican bishop, the seventh [Suffragan Bishop of Dover](/source/Bishop_of_Dover) in the modern era.<ref>[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='AA/AP/Ramsey/4-287/1962/30/325-8,%20376') National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives]</ref>

Educated at [Lancing College](/source/Lancing_College) and [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge),<ref>[Who was Who](/source/Who's_Who) 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> he was [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1923 and began his career with a [curacy](/source/Curate) at [Oswestry](/source/Oswestry). From 1927 to 1931 he was a [Minor Canon](/source/Curate) at [Canterbury Cathedral](/source/Canterbury_Cathedral) and then held [incumbencies](/source/Vicar) at [Wath-on-Dearne](/source/Wath-on-Dearne) and [Bognor Regis](/source/Bognor_Regis).<ref>[http://www.wilfrid.com/people/lewis_meredith.htm The Clergy of the People of Bognor: Lewis Evan Meredith]</ref> Following this he was [Rural Dean](/source/Rural_Dean) of [Eastbourne](/source/Eastbourne) before ascending to the [Episcopate](/source/Suffragan_Bishop), a post he held for 7 years. In retirement he continued to serve the [church](/source/Church_of_England) as an [Assistant Bishop](/source/Assistant_Bishop) within the [Diocese of Gloucester](/source/Diocese_of_Gloucester).

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{{s-bef|before=[Alfred Carey Wollaston Rose](/source/Alfred_Carey_Wollaston_Rose)}}
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{{s-aft|after=[Anthony Paul Tremlett](/source/Anthony_Paul_Tremlett)}}
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Category:Bishops of Dover, Kent
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