Arthur Ballard
20th century Anglican priest
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Arthur Henry Ballard (9 March 1912 – 2 February 1984) was an Anglican priest in the last third of the 20th century.[1]
He was educated at St John's College, Durham and ordained in 1939.[2] After a curacy in Walthamstow he held incumbencies in Broughton and Stand.[3] He was Rural Dean of Prestwich from 1952 to 1967; Archdeacon of Rochdale from 1966[4] to 1972; and then of Manchester from then until 1980.[5]
His son, Andrew Edgar Ballard, was also Archdeacon of Rochdale, from 2005 to 2009.[6]