1. Bruce Kent was an English Catholic former priest who became a political activist in the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, holding various leadership positions in the organisation.
11 Facts About Bruce Kent
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Bruce Kent was educated in Canada before attending Stonyhurst College.
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Bruce Kent served as an officer in the Royal Tank Regiment from 1947 to 1949, and read Jurisprudence at Brasenose College, Oxford, from 1949 to 1952.
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In 1958, Bruce Kent was ordained as a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Westminster and between 1958 and 1987 served in several London parishes, latterly becoming secretary to Cardinal John Heenan.
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Bruce Kent was chairman of the charity War on Want from 1974 to 1976.
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In 1960, Bruce Kent joined the Christian Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, a specialist section of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament.
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Bruce Kent was CND's general secretary from 1980 to 1985 and its chair from 1987 to 1990, and later held the honorary title of vice-president.
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From 1985 to 1992, Bruce Kent succeeded Sean MacBride as president of the International Peace Bureau.
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Bruce Kent married Valerie Flessati on 4 July 1988 and lived in Harringay, North London.
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Bruce Kent died on 8 June 2022, at home, at the age of 92.
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At the time of his death, Bruce Kent was a Vice-President of CND, a Vice-President of Pax Christi, and Emeritus President of the Movement for the Abolition of War.