Douglas Noel Sargent (1907–1979) was the third Bishop of Selby.
Biography Sargent was born near London, and educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys, King's College, CambridgeWho was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 and the London College of Divinity; and ordained in 1932. His first post was as Curate at Willian, Hertfordshire.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 Subsequently, he embarked on a long spell as a missionaryThe making of a missionary Sargent, D.N: London Hodder & Stoughton 1960 in Sichuan ProvinceBiographical Dictionary of Christian Missions Angerson, G.H., New York, Macmillan Reference USA, 1998 at West China Union University, where he worked as a lecturer. During his stay in Sichuan, he became chaplain to Bishop C. T. Song and assistant secretary for the Church Missionary Society. In 1942 he married Imogene Ward, the daughter of American Methodist missionaries. From 1947 to 1948 he studied at Union Theological Seminary, New York. From 1961 until 1962 he was principal of the Church Missionary SocietyDeep impression on the trainees when he was elevated to the episcopate,The Times, Wednesday, 14 March 1962; p. 14; Issue 55339; col E Ecclesiastical News Bishop Suffragan Of Selby a post he held until his retirement to York. He was ordained into bishop's orders on St James's Day 1962 (25 July), by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of York, at York Minster.
See also Anglicanism in Sichuan
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