Henry Norman Hodd (8 May 1905 – 25 April 1973) was the Archdeacon of Blackburn[1] from 1962 until his death.
He was educated at St Peter's School, York and Keble College, Oxford. He began his ecclesiastical career as a Curate at Leeds Parish Church. After this he was Senior Curate at Christ Church, Harrogate from 1932 to 1935; Vicar of the University Church, Leeds, 1935 to 1942; Chaplain to the Forces 1942 to 1945; Vicar and Rural Dean of Retford from 1945[2] to 1951; Vicar of Mansfield from 1951 to 1959; and Adviser on Christian Stewardship to the Church of England from 1959 to 1962 before his Archdeacon’s appointment.[3]
References edit
- ^ NPG details
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947p618
- ^ ‘HODD, Ven. Henry Norman’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 18 June 2013