1. Bishop Richard David Say KCVO was the Bishop of Rochester in the Church of England from 1961 to 1988.
10 Facts About David Say
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David Say was educated at Arnold House School in London, University College School, Christ's College, Cambridge and Ridley Hall.
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David Say served his curacy at Croydon, then at St Martin-in-the-Fields where he was General Secretary of the Church of England Youth Council.
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David Say later became General Secretary of the British Council of Churches and an Anglican representative at World Council of Churches conferences.
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David Say retired from those roles in 1955 to parish ministry in Hatfield.
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David Say spoke in General Synod in favour of church marriages for divorces and of Anglican-Methodist reunion.
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David Say supported the city of Rochester, Chatham, Kent County Cricket Club, the University of Kent and, more recently, Canterbury itself.
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David Say was for 18 years High Almoner to the Queen.
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David Say was honorary chaplain of the Pilgrims Society from 1968 till 2002.
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David Say's wife Irene was a JP and gardener who died in 2003.