Alan Frank Wakelin Archive

Letter of Orders for Ordination of Alan Frank Wakelin as Deacon, 25 September 1960; Letter of Orders for Ordination of Alan Frank Wakelin as Priest, 24 September 1961; Ordination Programme for service at Peterborough Cathedral, 25 September 1960.
Photographs of Wakelin and friends and colleagues at Mirfield, some labelled, [1960s]; 1 group photograph [?of Mirfield staff and students], [1960s].
Prayer cards for ordination of various friends and colleagues, 1960-1962.

Alan Frank Wakelin was born in Staffordshire in 1932. He studied history at St David’s College, Lampeter, before joining the College of the Resurrection at Mirfield in 1958. The College was established by the Anglican religious order, the Community of the Resurrection, to train men without means for the priesthood. Wakelin was ordained Deacon in 1960 and Priest in 1961, both at Peterborough Cathedral.
From 1960-1963 Wakelin served as Curate of St Matthew’s Church in Northampton, followed by two years at All Saints in Peterborough and three years at Spalding. In 1968 he was appointed Rector of Skirbeck in Lincolnshire, where he remained until his retirement in 1997.
Reverend Wakelin died in November 2020.

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The archive was gifted by the family of Reverend Wakelin in March 2022.

Alan Frank Wakelin was born in Staffordshire in 1932. He studied history at St David’s College, Lampeter, before joining the College of the Resurrection at Mirfield in 1958. The College was established by the Anglican religious order, the Community of the Resurrection, to train men without means for the priesthood. Wakelin was ordained Deacon in 1960 and Priest in 1961, both at Peterborough Cathedral.
From 1960-1963 Wakelin served as Curate of St Matthew’s Church in Northampton, followed by two years at All Saints in Peterborough and three years at Spalding. In 1968 he was appointed Rector of Skirbeck in Lincolnshire, where he remained until his retirement in 1997.
Reverend Wakelin died in November 2020.

Created by S.A. Shearn, 30.03.22.

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The Borthwick also holds the archive of the Community of the Resurrection at Mirfield.

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