He was the son of
Edward Woods,
Bishop of Lichfield, and the brother of the photographer
Janet Woods,
Frank Woods,
Archbishop of Melbourne, and
Robin Woods,
Bishop of Worcester. He was educated at
Trinity College, Cambridge, and was
ordained in 1937. He was a
chaplain to the
Student Christian Movement in
Christchurch, New Zealand, from 1936 to 1941 then
Precentor of
Christchurch Cathedral, Christchurch, from 1939 to 1941. After this he was the
Vicar at
Ross from 1941 until 1942, when he became a
chaplain in the
Royal New Zealand Air Force. After the
war he returned to
England and held further
incumbencies at
Southport and
Bishop's Hatfield. In 1955 he returned to New Zealand to be
Vicar of
Sydenham. He was
Archdeacon of Rangiora from 1955 until 1959, and again from 1963 until 1968; in between these two periods he was
Archdeacon of Sumner; and finally he was
Archdeacon of Akaroa from 1974 until 1977. ==References==