David Rogers (priest)

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David Arthur Rogers (12 March 1921 – 23 November 2020) was an English Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon of Craven from 1977 to 1986.

He was born in South Yorkshire into a family of clergymen and was educated at Aysgarth School, Bedale, and St Edward’s School, Oxford. At the start of World War II he joined the Oxford City Local Defence Volunteers, then served in the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment, was commissioned into the Green Howards, and later joined the Royal Armoured Corps. He also served with the GHQ Liaison Regiment (Phantom) under Field Marshal Montgomery. After the war he studied Classics at Christ’s College, Cambridge, and trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

Rogers was ordained deacon in 1949 and priest in 1950. He served at St George’s, Stockport (1949–1953), was Rector of St Peter’s, Levenshulme (1953–1959), and Vicar of St Andrew’s, Sedbergh (1959–1979). He was Rural Dean of Sedbergh (1959–1973) and Rural Dean of Ewecross (1973–1977). He became Archdeacon of Craven in 1977 and retired in 1986. He chaired the Council of Parcevall Hall, a diocesan retreat and conference centre.

Rogers died in 2020 at the age of 99. He was predeceased by his wife, Joan Malkin, and they had four children.