# Max Godden

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{{Short description|British Anglican archdeacon}}
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[The Ven](/source/Venerable) '''Max Leon  Godden''', [MA](/source/Master_of_Arts_(Oxbridge_and_Dublin)) (25 November 1923 – 1 March 2000) was [Archdeacon of Lewes](/source/Archdeacon_of_Lewes) from 1972 <ref>Church news. [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Thursday, 13 Jan 1972; pg. 14; Issue 58374</ref> until 1975; and of [Lewes](/source/Lewes) and [Hastings](/source/Hastings) from then until 1988.

He was born on 25 November  1923  and educated at [The Judd School](/source/The_Judd_School) and  [Worcester College, Oxford](/source/Worcester_College%2C_Oxford).<ref>[“Who was Who” 1897-2007](/source/Who's_Who) London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2007  {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref> After [World War II](/source/World_War_II) service with the [RAFVR](/source/RAFVR) he was [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1953 and began his career with [curacies](/source/Curate) in [Cuckfield](/source/Cuckfield) and [Brighton](/source/Brighton).  He was [Vicar](/source/Vicar) of [Hangleton](/source/Hangleton) from 1957 to 1962 <ref>''[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> and then of [Glynde](/source/Glynde) until 1982.

He died on  1 March 2000.<ref>{{cite web |title=Max Godden |date=10 March 2000 |website=[The Guardian](/source/The_Guardian) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510174015/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/mar/10/guardianobituaries.richardeyre |archive-date=10 May 2017 |url-status=live |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2000/mar/10/guardianobituaries.richardeyre}}</ref>

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