Researching Cyril Cowderoy
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The name Cyril means "Lordly, proud" and is of Greek origin.
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Some Famous People called Cyril Cowderoy
Cyril Cowderoy
Archbishop Cyril Conrad Cowderoy was a priest for over 45 years and a bishop for over 26 years in the Catholic Church in England and Wales.
Born in Sidcup on 5 May 1905, he was consecrated and ordained as parish priest in Southwark on 30 May 1931 by Cardinal Bernard William Griffin and Bishops Beck and Farren. On 12 December 1949 he was appointed Bishop of Southwark.
In 1964, he opened St. Michael and All Angels Catholic Church, in Locksbottom, Kent, inside of which is a commerorative plaque.
On 28 May 1965, aged 60, he was appointed as Archbishop of Southwark. He was Grand Prior for England and Wales of the Knights of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Archbishop Cowderoy, died on 10 October 1976, aged 71, in office.
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