Francis Horner West (9 January 19092 January 1999) was a British Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Taunton in the Church of England from 1962 until 1977.
West was educated at Berkhamsted School and Magdalene College, Cambridge.Who was Who 1897-1990, London, A & C Black, 1991 He was ordained as a deacon on 11 June 1933 (Trinity Sunday) at Leeds Parish Church and priest the next Trinity Sunday, 27 May 1934, at Christ Church, Harrogate — both times by Edward Burroughs, Bishop of Ripon. He was a curate at St Agnes LeedsChurch Web Site and then chaplain of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. After wartime service as a Chaplain to the ForcesDuring which he was Mentioned in Despatches he was vicar of Upton then Archdeacon of NewarkThe Times, Tuesday, 8 July 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50807; col C New Archdeacon of Newark before his ordination to the episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 1962 by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. He was also an author – among others he wrote "Sparrows of the Spirit", 1957; "The Country Parish Today and Tomorrow", 1960; “F. R. B.: a portrait of Bishop F. R. Barry”, 1980; and "The Story of a Wiltshire Country Church", 1987.British Library web site accessed 18:14 21 September 2008
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