It is with sadness that we announce the death of The Revd Terence Byron, aged 99, on Wednesday 20 May 2026.
Terence was ordained in Leicester in 1952 serving as Curate in Melton Mowbray for three years, and St John the Baptist Whitwick until 1960 when he moved to India, ministering there until 1976. During this time Terence worked in Delhi and Jaipur where his duties ranged from the care of 12 rural parishes to heading the staff at the Cathedral. From 1976 until 1985, Terence served as Vicar at Christ the King, Beaumont Leys, then serving as Priest-in-Charge and later as Vicar at St Philip, Leicester, with additional responsibility as Rural Dean, until his retirement in 1993. Terence held the Bishop’s Permission to Officiate in this Diocese from 1993 until 2015.
Terence’s funeral is to be held on Tuesday 30 June 2026 at 2pm, at Church of the Resurrection, to which all are welcome.