# Ronald Goodchild

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{{Short description|British Anglican priest}}
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'''Ronald Cedric Osbourne Goodchild''' (1910 – 28 December 1998) was the seventh [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [Bishop suffragan of Kensington](/source/Bishop_of_Kensington) between 1964 and 1980,<ref>[Who’s Who](/source/Who's_Who_(UK)) London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 1992 {{ISBN|0-7136-3514-2}}</ref> and the first [area bishop](/source/area_bishop) from the 1979 institution of the London [area scheme](/source/area_scheme).<ref>{{cite web|title=4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002 |url=http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf|publisher=Church of England|access-date=23 April 2013}}</ref>

He was born in [Parramatta](/source/Parramatta), [Australia](/source/Australia) in 1910, educated at [St. John's School, Leatherhead](/source/St._John's_School%2C_Leatherhead) and [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge) and [ordained](/source/ordained) [priest](/source/priest) in 1934.<ref>''[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref>

After a [curacy](/source/Curate) at [Ealing](/source/Ealing) he was [Chaplain](/source/Chaplain) at [Oakham School](/source/Oakham_School) before [wartime](/source/Second_World_War) service as a chaplain with the [RAFVR](/source/Royal_Air_Force_Volunteer_Reserve).<ref>He was [Mentioned in Despatches](/source/Mentioned_in_Despatches) in 1944; and again in 1945</ref> When peace returned he rose steadily in the [Church](/source/Anglican_Church) hierarchy being successively Warden of ''St Michael House, Hamburg'', [Secretary](/source/Secretary) of the [Student Christian Movement](/source/World_Student_Christian_Federation), [Vicar](/source/Vicar) of [Horsham](/source/Horsham) and finally [Archdeacon of Northampton](/source/Archdeacon_of_Northampton) (1959–64) before elevation to the [Episcopate](/source/Suffragan_Bishop) in 1964.<ref>[The Times](/source/The_Times), Thursday, 30 January 1964; p. 14; Issue 55922; col D Ecclesiastical News ''Next Bishop of Kensington''</ref>

In retirement he served as an [Assistant Bishop](/source/Assistant_Bishop) at [Exeter](/source/Diocese_of_Exeter) and died on 28 December 1998.<ref>[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19990112/ai_n9652320 Independent, The (London), 12 January 1999 (Obituary)]</ref>

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