Harold Claude Noel Williams

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Harold Claude Noel Williams , also HCN Williams , mostly as Bill Williams known (* 6. December 1914 in Grahamstown , South Africa; † 5. April 1990 ) was an Anglican clergyman and 1958-1981 Provost ( Provost ) of Coventry Cathedral .

Life

Williams studied at Graeme College in South Africa and Durham University . In 1938 he became a priest of the Church of England ordained . His first job was at St. Mary with St. Paul, Weeke near Winchester ( England ). From 1941 to 1949 he was principal at St Matthew's College in South Africa. He then returned to England and was pastor at Holy Ascension in Hyde, Hampshire and at St. Mary's in Southampton (England). In 1958 he was appointed provost of Coventry Cathedral, the new building of which was still under construction at the time. The new cathedral was consecrated in 1962 and under his charismatic leadership developed into a modern place of pilgrimage. Williams stayed here for 23 years until he retired in 1981.

Cross of nails in the Diakonissenhauskirche in Dresden

Williams was responsible for focusing the cathedral's reconciliation work. He traveled a lot and built the network of the Cross of Nails Community . At the suggestion of Richard Crossman , he initiated the Coventry Dresden Project of 1965, in which a group of British volunteers helped rebuild a wing of the deaconess hospital in Dresden .

In 1966 he was awarded the Great Federal Cross of Merit for his communication work.

Fonts

  • African Folk Songs, 1948
  • Vision of Duty, 1963
  • Twentieth Century Cathedral: An Examination of the Role of Cathedrals in the Strategy of the Church in the Changing Pattern of a Twentieth Century Community, 1964
  • Coventry Cathedral and its Ministry, 1965
  • Coventry Cathedral in Action , 1968
  • Basics and Variables: The Future of the Church in the Modern World, 1970
  • The Latter Glory: The Story of Coventry Cathedral , 1978
  • Order My Steps in Thy Way, 1982

literature

  • Merrilyn Thomas: Communing with the enemy: covert operations, Christianity and Cold War politics in Britain and the GDR. Frankfurt etc .: Peter Lang 2005 ISBN 978-3-03910-192-4
  • Oliver Schuegraf: Forgive one another as God has forgiven you: Coventry and the worldwide community of the Cross of Nails. Frankfurt, M: Lembeck 2008 ISBN 978-3-87476-564-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory , 1940-41, Oxford, Oxford University Press , 1941
  3. ↑ Church history ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.southernlife.org.uk
  4. ↑ The Times , May 1, 1958, p12, "Ecclesiastical News"
  5. ↑ Anglican Archives ( Memento of the original from April 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.anglicanarchives.org.au
  6. ^ "Provost to retire," The Times , May 29, 1981, p. 14.
personal data
SURNAME Williams, Harold Claude Noel
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, Bill; Williams, HCN
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Anglican clergyman and provost (cathedral provost) of Coventry Cathedral (1958–1981)
DATE OF BIRTH December 6, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Grahamstown , South Africa
DATE OF DEATH April 5th 1990