Francis West (bishop)

Francis Horner West was the Bishop of Taunton from 1962 until 1977.

Born on 9 January 1909 and educated at Berkhamsted School and Magdalene College, Cambridge he was ordained in 1934. He was a Curate at St Agnes Leeds and then Chaplain of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. After wartime service as a Chaplain to the Forces he was Vicar of Upton then Archdeacon of Newark before his elevation to the Episcopate. An eminent author, he died on 2 January 1999.