Roger Frederick Sainsbury (2 October 1936 – 20 May 2025) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the second area Bishop of Barking (the seventh Bishop of Barking) in the Church of England from 1991 to 2002.Resignation details
Biography Sainsbury was born on 2 October 1936.”Debrett's People of Today 1992" (London, Debrett's) ) He was educated at Jesus College, Cambridge”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ) before beginning his ordained ministry as a curate at Christ Church, Spitalfields. Friends of CCS He was then "missioner" at Shrewsbury House, Liverpool,Organisation website Warden of the Mayflower Family Centre, Canning Town;East of London FHS Vicar of Walsall;“Crockford's clerical directory, 1995" (Lambeth, Church House ) and finally, before being ordained to the episcopate, the Archdeacon of West Ham. In retirement he served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bath and Wells, where he lived at Portishead, Somerset.
Sainsbury died on 20 May 2025, at the age of 88.
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