Stanley Mark Wood (21 May 1919 – 28 September 2014) was the third Anglican Bishop of Matabeleland and the first Bishop of Ludlow.The Times, 9 November 1981, p12, "Church news: Inaugural Bishop of Ludlow announced"
Background Wood was educated at University College, Cardiff.‘WOOD, Rt Rev. (Stanley) Mark’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 5 July 2012 After studying at the College of the Resurrection he was ordained as a deacon in 1942 and as a priest in 1943.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1995 (Lambeth, Church House ) After a curacy at St Mary's Cardiff DocksChurch history he served the Anglican Church in Southern Africa for over 30 years. He was curate of Sophiatown Mission, Johannesburg (1945–47); Rector of Bloemhof, Transvaal (1947–50); Priest in Charge of St Cyprian's Mission, Johannesburg (1950–55); Rector of Marandellas, Zimbabwe (1955–65); Dean of Salisbury, Rhodesia (1965–70); Bishop of Matabeleland (1971–77) before returning to England, firstly as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Hereford and finally as its suffragan bishop. He retired to Surrey in 1987.
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