Archbishop Stuart Blanch Archive

The archive includes Stuart Blanch's notes from his student days at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford and notes for sermons, lectures, talks and speeches made while Bishop of Liverpool (1960-1966) and Archbishop of York (1975-1983). There are also hand written works on the Gospels and transcripts of various broadcasts and press articles.

Stuart Blanch was an Anglican priest, bishop and archbishop. He became a committed Christian at the age of 31, while serving in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War.He was ordained as a priest in 1949, and spent three years as a curate and five years as a vicar in and around Oxford where he had studied for the priesthood. He was vice principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford from 1957 to 1960, the founding head of Rochester Theological College from 1960 to 1966, Bishop of Liverpool from 1966 to 1975, and Archbishop of York from 1975 to 1983.

Blanch was evangelical in outlook, but gained the trust of high church Anglicans, and also of Roman Catholics and nonconformists. He was well known as a lecturer and published ten books, most of them scholarly and theological.

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The collections are reference only and must be consulted in the Reading Room with the supervision of the Special Collections Librarian.

Liverpool Hope University received the archive from the estate of Archbishop Stuart Blanch in 2004.

A list of contents (Excel spreadsheet) is available to download from the Archives & Special Collections Finding Aids webpage.

Created by Karen Backhouse (Special Collections Librarian, Archives and Special Collections) Liverpool Hope University in July 2014.

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