Samuel Singer

For the English author and scholar, see Samuel Weller Singer.

The Very Reverend Samuel Stanfield Singer
Dean of Glasgow and Galloway
Church	Anglican
Diocese	Glasgow and Galloway
In office	1974–1987
Predecessor	Frederick Goldie
Successor	Douglas William John Reid
Other post(s)	Vicar, Middleton, Derbyshire Rector, All Saints, Glasgow
Orders
Ordination	Deacon (1943) Priest (1944)
Personal details
Born	Samuel Stanfield Singer (1920-05-02)May 2, 1920
Died	13 November 1989(1989-11-13) (aged 69)
Nationality	Scottish
Alma mater	Trinity College, Dublin

Samuel Stanfield Singer (2 May 1920 – 13 November 1989) was a Scottish episcopal clergyman who was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway from 1974 to 1987.

Career

St Mary's Cathedral, Glasgow

Singer was born on 2 May 1920.[1] He was educated at Trinity College, Dublin, and ordained a deacon in 1943, and as a priest in 1944. Following a curacy at Christ Church, Derriaghy, Northern Ireland,[2] he was a Minor Canon at Down Cathedral from 1945 until 1947.

After another curacy in Wirksworth, Singer was Vicar of Middleton, Derbyshire, then Rector of All Saints, Glasgow.[3] He was Dean of Glasgow and Galloway from 1974 to 1987.[4] Singer died on 13 November 1989.[5]

References

1. Bertie (Ibid) p412
2. Church clergy history
3. Crockfords (London, Church House, 1987/88) p 509 ISBN 0-7151-8066-5
4. "Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000" Bertie, D.M p596: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
5. ‘SINGER, Rev. Canon Samuel Stanfield’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, April 2014 accessed 4 Sept 2015

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Frederick Goldie	Dean of Glasgow and Galloway 1974–1987	Succeeded by Douglas William John Reid