Mervyn Alexander died at St Angela’s Home in Clifton, Bristol. He was born in Highbury, north London, the eldest son of William and Grace Alexander. The family moved from London to Salisbury, Wiltshire, when he was one.
He began his schooling at the Bishop Wordsworth Grammar School in Salisbury and later went to Prior Park College, Bath. He trained for the priesthood at the Venerable English College, Rome and was ordained priest on July 18 1948 in the Leonine College, Rome. He continued his theological studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, and obtained his doctorate in divinity in 1951.
