Cedd was not the only prominent churchman to die of plague shortly after the synod.

Rose is visited by two prominent churchmen, one a Cardinal Archbishop.

Also published in Britain, the Netherlands and France, the book had not previously been attacked by a prominent churchman.

He was also a psychic medium or spiritualist, a prominent churchman and is still seen by some as a mystic and modern-day prophet.

Ralph Erskine was the brother of another prominent churchman, Ebenezer Erskine.

Besant led demonstrations by "match-girls", who were cheered in the streets, and prominent churchmen wrote in their support.

He was also one of the first prominent churchmen in Australia to pursue an active career on television.

While in the Azores, he was taught by his uncles, all prominent churchmen.

John Dunlop, prominent Presbyterian churchman, was born in Newry in 1939.

He was then sheltered in various convents and monasteries, while prominent churchmen sought a presidential pardon for him.