David Farmbrough

"Farmbrough" redirects here. For the settlements, see Farmborough and Farnborough (disambiguation).

David John Farmbrough (4 May 1929 – 9 March 2013)^[1] was Bishop of Bedford from 1981 to 1993.^[2]

The Rt Revd David Farmbrough MA(Oxon)
Bishop of Bedford
Diocese	Diocese of St Albans
In office	1981–93
Predecessor	Andrew Graham
Successor	John Richardson
Other posts	Honorary assistant bishop in St Albans (1994–present) Archdeacon of St Albans (1974–81)
Orders
Ordination	1953 (deacon); 1954 (priest)
Consecration	1981
Personal details
Born	(1929-05-04)4 May 1929
Died	9 March 2013(2013-03-09) (aged 83) Bromham, Bedfordshire
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Charles and Ida
Spouse	Angela Hill (m. 1955)
Profession	Writer
Alma mater	Lincoln College, Oxford

Farmbrough was educated at Bedford School and Lincoln College, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Bishop's Hatfield, after which he was priest in charge of St John's Church in the same parish.^[3]

Following this he was Vicar of Bishop's Stortford. Later he became Rural Dean of the area and then (his final appointment before ordination to the episcopate^[4]) Archdeacon of St Albans (1974–1981). In retirement he served the Diocese of St Albans as an assistant bishop.