Vernon Nicholls

Vernon Sampson Nicholls (1917–1996) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man^[1] from 1974 to 1983.^[2]
He was born in Truro ^[3] on 3 September 1917 ^[4] and educated at Truro School and Durham University. He studied for ordination at Clifton Theological College, was ordained in 1941,^[5] and held Curacies at Bedminster Down, Bristol, and at Liskeard in Cornwall.^[6] He was a temporary Chaplain to the Forces from 1944 to 1946. Later he was Vicar of Meopham^[7] then Rural Dean of Walsall. From 1967 to 1974 he was Archdeacon of Birmingham when he was elevated to the Episcopate.^[8] From 1980 he was also Dean of the newly created Peel Cathedral. He died on 2 February 1996 in Stratford-on-Avon.

Notes

↑ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis, P (1992, London, Debrett's) p 1485 ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
↑ The Times, Friday, Apr 29, 1983; pg. 14; Issue 61519; col A Bishop of Sodor and Man to retire
↑ “Priests And Prelates: The Daily Telegraph Clerical Obituaries” Beeson, T.R: London, Continuum, 2002 ISBN 978-0-8264-6337-1
↑ ”Who's Who 1992“ p1370 (London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947 p958
↑ Independent obituary
↑ Residents of Renown Archived June 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine.
↑ Bishops of Sodor and Man Archived May 31, 2009, at the Wayback Machine.

Religious titles
Preceded by George Eric Gordon	Bishop of Sodor and Man 1974–1983	Succeeded by Arthur Henry Attwell

Deans of Peel

Bishop-Deans	Norman Straton Thomas Drury Denton Thompson Charles Thornton-Duesbury William Stanton Jones John Taylor Benjamin Pollard Eric Gordon Vernon Nicholls Arthur Attwell Noël Jones Graeme Knowles Robert Patterson

Deans	Nigel Godfrey

Precursor titles

Bishops of Mann	Germanus Conindrius Romulus Machutus Conanus Contentus Baldus Malchus Torkinus Brendanus Roolwer William Hamond

Bishops of Mann and The Isles	Wimund Nicholas John (I) Gamaliel Reginald (I) Christian Michael Nicholas Reginald (II) Nicholas de Meaux John (II) Simon Laurence Richard (de Natherton?) Gilbert Mark Alan Gilbert Maclelan Bernard of Kilwinning Cormac Cormacii Thomas de Rossy William Russell

Bishops of Sodor and Man

Pre-Reformation	John Dongan John Sproten Conrad Theodore Bloc Richard Payl John Burgherlin John Seyre Thomas Burton Thomas Kirkham Richard Oldham Huan Blackleach Huan Hesketh John Howden

Post-Reformation	Thomas Stanley Henry Man Thomas Stanley John Salisbury John Meyrick George Lloyd John Phillips William Forster Richard Parr Samuel Rutter Isaac Barrow Henry Bridgeman John Lake Baptist Levinz Thomas Wilson Mark Hiddesley Richard Richmond George Mason Claudius Crigan George Murray William Ward James Bowstead Henry Pepys Thomas Short Walter Shirley Robert Eden Horatio Powys Rowley Hill John Bardsley Norman Straton Thomas Drury Denton Thompson Charles Thornton-Duesbury William Stanton Jones John Taylor Benjamin Pollard Eric Gordon Vernon Nicholls Arthur Attwell Noël Jones Graeme Knowles Robert Patterson

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