John Vincent (bishop)

The Rt Rev John Dacre Vincent MA MC and bar[1] (1 January 1894 – 19 May 1960) was the Bishop of Damaraland[2] from 1952 to 1960.[3]

He was born on 1 January 1894, educated at Marlborough and St John's College, Oxford,[4] and ordained in 1921[5] after World War I service with the Devonshire Regiment.[6] He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Gillingham, Dorset and was then a Minor Canon at Bloemfontein Cathedral. After this he was Vicar of Longbridge Deverill in Wiltshire[7] until 1937 when he returned to Bloemfontein as its Archdeacon, a position he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. He died on 19 May 1960.[8]

References

  1. Edinburgh Gazette
  2. Biographies of Namibian people
  3. Wits Historical Papers
  4. “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  6. London Gazette
  7. National Archives
  8. The Times, Tuesday, 24 May 1960; pg. 17; Issue 54779; col A Obituary Bishop Of Damaraland
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Cecil Alderson
Bishop of Damaraland
1952–1960
Succeeded by
Bob Mize



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