Desmond Carnelley
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The Ven. Desmond Carnelley (November 1929 – 23 December 2020)[1] was the Archdeacon of Doncaster from 1985 to 1994.[2]
Carnelley was educated at St John's College, York and Ripon Hall Oxford; and ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961.[3]
After a curacy in Aston (1960–63), he was Priest in charge at St Paul, Ecclesfield (1963–67). He was Vicar of Balby from 1967 to 1973; and then of Mosborough from 1973 to 1985 (and Rural Dean of Attercliffe from 1979 to 1984).[4] For part of the period whilst being Archdeacon of Doncaster, he was Director of Education for the Diocese of Sheffield (1991–94).[5]
He died in 2020, aged 91.[6]