The Diocese of Worcester - Press Release -
[Cached Version]
Published on: 8/8/2001
Last Visited: 2/17/2005
Mr McClatchey was a former Rector of Hartlebury parish and former Chaplain to a Bishop of Worcester.
Harry McClatchey was born in 1920 and educated at Merchant Taylors School in Liverpool and Brasenose College, Oxford where he read Theology.During the war he served in the Navy.After graduation he became Assistant Appointments Secretary to the University Appointments Board in Oxford and then founded the Appointments Office at Trinity College, Dublin.He went on to work for Shell in Lagos, Jakarta and London before his ordination in 1967.
He served his curacy at St Mary the Less in Southwark Diocese and in 1969 became Vicar of Escomb and Witton Park in Durham Diocese.He was also Chaplain to the Bishop of Durham, Ian Ramsey.In 1974 he and his wife Diana moved into Worcester Diocese.He become Chaplain to Bishop Robin Woods and Rector of Hartlebury.Deaconess Diana McClatchey worked in the parish and at Wilden and was Adviser for Women's Ministry in the diocese.He was also known for his work as Chief Examiner in Religious Studies for the Oxford Examination Board.He retired from parish ministry in 1986 and moved to Malvern.