Leonard Ashton was the inaugural Bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf, serving from 1976 to 1983.
12 Facts About Leonard Ashton
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Leonard Ashton had previously spent most of his ordained ministry serving in the Chaplains Branch of the Royal Air Force, and rose to become its Chaplain-in-Chief.
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Leonard Ashton was born on 27 June 1915 to Henry Ashton and Sarah Ashton.
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Leonard Ashton was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1942 and as a priest in 1943.
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On 15 May 1945, Leonard Ashton was granted an emergency commission in the Chaplains Branch of the Royal Air Force and granted the relative rank of squadron leader.
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Leonard Ashton served in north Wales during 1945, before being posted to Air Headquarters Malaya and Singapore in 1946.
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Leonard Ashton was transferred to a permanent commission on 21 June 1950.
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In 1962, Leonard Ashton returned to England and was promoted to Assistant Chaplain-in-Chief.
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One of these new diocese was the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf, and Leonard Ashton was appointed its first diocesan bishop as bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf.
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Leonard Ashton was an Episcopal Canon of St George's Cathedral, Jerusalem from 1976 to 1983.
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Leonard Ashton retired from full-time ordained ministry in 1983, as was succeeded by Henry Moore as bishop in Cyprus and the Gulf.
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Leonard Ashton died on 19 January 2001 in Chesham, Buckinghamshire.