Osamu Tezuka was a young adult.
Patrick Campbell Rodger -LRB- 28 November 1920 -- 8 July 2002 -RRB- was an Anglican bishop and ecumenist .. Anglican. Anglican. He was the Bishop of Manchester -LRB- 1970 -- 1978 -RRB- and Bishop of Oxford -LRB- 1978 -- 1986 -RRB- .. Bishop of Manchester. Bishop of Manchester. Bishop of Oxford. Bishop of Oxford. Bishop. Bishop. Oxford. Oxford. He came from the Scottish Episcopal Church , having served ministries in Edinburgh -LRB- including a time as Provost of St Mary 's Cathedral -RRB- .. Scottish Episcopal Church. Scottish Episcopal Church. Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Provost. Provost ( religion ). He came from a prosperous middle-class family in Helensburgh , Argyll and Bute , Scotland .. Helensburgh. Helensburgh. Argyll and Bute. Argyll and Bute. Scotland. Scotland. Towards the end of the Second World War he served in the Royal Corps of Signals .. Second World War. Second World War. Royal Corps of Signals. Royal Corps of Signals. After a brilliant undergraduate career at Christ Church , Oxford -LRB- BA 1947 -RRB- he studied for ordination at Westcott House , Cambridge .. Bachelor of Arts. Oxford. Oxford. After his first curacy in Edinburgh , he worked for the Student Christian Movement .. Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Student Christian Movement. World Student Christian Federation. From 1961 to 1966 he was a member of staff of the World Council of Churches -LRB- Executive Secretary for Faith and Order -RRB- .. World Council of Churches. World Council of Churches. He returned from Geneva after being nominated -LRB- but not elected -RRB- as General Secretary of the WCC .. Geneva. Geneva. In the event the post went to the Revd Eugene Carson Blake .. Eugene Carson Blake. Eugene Carson Blake. During his service as an Anglican Bishop he was also chair of the Churches ' Unity Commission and president of the Conference of European Churches .. Anglican. Anglican. Conference of European Churches. Conference of European Churches. Bishop. Bishop. As Bishop of Oxford he presided over the beginning of an Area scheme which delegated functions from the diocesan to his suffragan or `` Area '' bishops , in order to decentralise the work of the diocese .. Bishop of Oxford. Bishop of Oxford. Bishop. Bishop. Oxford. Oxford. In retirement he served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Edinburgh .. Edinburgh. Edinburgh. Diocese. Diocese. In 1989 , he published Songs in a Strange Land , a devotional book on praying with the Psalms .. Psalms. Psalms. He was an early advocate of the ordination of women as deacons and priests .. deacons. deacons. priests. priests