{{EngvarB|date=October 2015}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2015}} {{Portal|Christianity}}'''Victor George Shearburn''' (28 October 1900 – 3 December 1975) <ref>The Times, Friday, 5 Dec 1975; pg. 16; Issue 59570; col F '' V. G. Shearburn''</ref> was an eminent Anglican clergyman<ref>[http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/34654/pages/5608/page.pdf London Gazette]</ref> in the middle third of the 20th century.<ref>“Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref><br />He was educated at Felsted and Hertford College, Oxford. Ordained in 1924 <ref>Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941</ref> he held curacies at All Souls, Clapton Park<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/churchcrawler/3051705945/ Now redundant]</ref> and St Barnabas, Pimlico<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.stbarnabaspimlico.org.uk/St_Bs/Welcome.html |title=Church web site |access-date=13 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101109190646/http://www.stbarnabaspimlico.org.uk/St_Bs/Welcome.html |archive-date=9 November 2010 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}</ref> before becoming a member of the Community of the Resurrection. In 1955 he became Bishop of Rangoon, a post he held for 11 years; retiring back to Mirfield, he served as an Assistant Bishop of Wakefield.
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