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Leslie Edward Stradling
Leslie Edward Stradling (11 February 19088 January 1998) was an Anglican bishop in three separate African dioceses during the mid-20th century. Born on 11 February 1908 and educated at King Edward VII School, Sheffield and The Queen's College, Oxford; he was made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1933 (11 June) and ordained a priest the next Trinity Sunday (27 May 1934) — both times by Richard Parsons, Bishop of Southwark, at Southwark Cathedral. After a curacy at St Paul's, Lorrimore Square he was Vicar of ''St Luke's, Camberwell'' and then of ''St Anne's, Wandsworth'' before being appointed the Church's youngest bishop in 1945. He was consecrated a bishop on St James's Day 1945 (25 July), by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican
Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Christianity, with around 110 million adherents worldwide . Adherents of Anglicanism are called ''Anglicans''; they are also called ''Episcopalians'' in some countries. The majority of Anglicans are members of national or regional ecclesiastical provinces of the international Anglican Communion, which forms the third-largest Christian communion in the world, after the Roman Catholic Church and the Eastern Orthodox Church. These provinces are in full communion with the See of Canterbury and thus with the Archbishop of Canterbury, whom the communion refers to as its '' primus inter pares'' (Latin, 'first among equals'). The Archbishop calls the decennial Lambeth Conference, chairs the meeting of primates, and is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wandsworth
Wandsworth Town () is a district of south London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan The London Plan is the statutory spatial development strategy for the Greater London area in the United Kingdom that is written by the Mayor of London and published by the Greater London Authority. The regional planning document was first pu ... as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Toponymy Wandsworth takes its name from the River Wandle, which enters the River Thames, Thames at Wandsworth. Wandsworth appears in Domesday Book of 1086 as ''Wandesorde'' and ''Wendelesorde''. This means 'enclosure of (a man named) Waendel', whose name is also lent to the River Wandle. To distinguish it from the London Borough of Wandsworth, and historically from the Wandsworth District (Metropolis), Wandsworth District of the Metropolis and the Metropolitan Borough of Wandsworth, which all covered larger areas, it is al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ambrose Reeves
Richard Ambrose Reeves (6 December 189923 December 1980) was an Anglican bishop and opponent of Apartheid in the 20th century. Education and ordinations Reeves was educated at Great Yarmouth Grammar School, served in the Great War and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge — he read history and moral science, graduated Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1924 and proceeded Master of Arts (Cambridge) (MA Cantab) in 1943. He then trained for the ministry at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield and the General Theological Seminary, New York and was ordained into the Church of England: deaconed on Trinity Sunday 1926 (30 May) and priested the next Trinity Sunday (12 June 1927) — both times by Arthur Winnington-Ingram, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral. In 1931, he married Ada van Ryssan; they had four children. Priestly ministry Reeves' title post (curacy) was at St Albans, Golders Green (1926–1931), during which time he was also secretary of the theological de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Poole-Hughes
John Richard Worthington Poole-Hughes (8 August 1916 – 25 October 1988) was a Bishop of South-West Tanganyika and a Bishop of Llandaff. Educated at Uppingham School and Hertford College, Oxford after wartime service with the Royal Artillery he was ordained in 1948. After a curacy at ''St Michael and All Angels, Aberystwyth'' he served as a missionary in East Africa rising to the rank of diocesan Bishop in Tanzania. After serving as Assistant Bishop An assistant bishop in the Anglican Communion is a bishop appointed to assist a diocesan bishop. Church of England In the established Church of England, assistant bishops are usually retired (diocesan or suffragan) bishops – in which case they ... and as curate of Llantwit Major he was appointed to succeed Eryl Thomas as Bishop of Llandaff in 1975 The Times, Wednesday, 10 December 1975; pg. 18; Issue 59574; col E ''Church news New Bishop of Llandaff'' and enthroned in the following year. Notes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Way
Wilfrid Lewis Mark Way (called Mark; 12 May 190530 July 1982) was a British Anglican bishop. He was the third Bishop of Masasi during the third quarter of the 20th century. Born on 12 May 1905 and educated at Rossall School and Trinity College, Cambridge he was ordained in 1929. He was made a deacon in Advent 1928 (on 23 December) and ordained a priest the next Advent (22 December 1929) — both times by Albert David, Bishop of Liverpool, at Liverpool Cathedral. After curacies at St Faith, Great Crosby and St Bartholomew, Brighton he became an UMCA Missionary in Tanzania. He was Curate of Korogwe then Priest in charge of several Zanzibar Missions and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) Warden of Kalole Theological College. He was consecrated a bishop on St Luke's Day 1952 (18 October) at Westminster Abbey. On his return to England he was Rector of Averham (1960–1971), and during that time also an Assistant Bishop of Southwell. He died on 30 Jul ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Lucas (bishop)
William Vincent Lucas was the inaugural Bishop of Masasi during the first half of the 20th century. Born on 20 June 1883 and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and St Catherine's Society in the same city, he was made deacon on 23 December 1906, by George Kennion, Bishop of Bath and Wells, at Wells Cathedral. After a curacy at St Michael's Shepton Beauchamp he went to Tanzania as a missionary. He was later the provost and sub-dean of Masasi Collegiate Church and a canon of Zanzibar before his ordination to the episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on Michaelmas (29 September) 1926, by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justi ..., at Westminster Abbey. He died on 8 July 1945. The Times, 10 July 1945, p1, " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of Johannesburg
The Anglican Diocese of Johannesburg is part of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It was formed in 1922 from the southern part of the Diocese of Pretoria, and at that time included the whole of the southern Transvaal. Today it is much smaller, and comprises the central part of Gauteng province. The Cathedral of the Diocese of Johannesburg, is the Cathedral Church of Saint Mar the Virgin. The headquarters of the Diocese and the Bishops office are Situated at St.Joseph's Diocesan Centre in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. The following are diocesan schools St. John's College, Johannesburg, St Mary's School, Waverley, Bishop Bavin School, St Peter's College, Johannesburg and Vuleka School. The diocese has a total of 76 Parishes List of the Bishops of Johannesburg * Arthur Karney 1922-1933 * Geoffrey Clayton 1934-1949 * Ambrose Reeves 1949-1961 ** Edward Paget (former archbishop of Central Africa) served as vicar-general following Reeves' deportation in September 1960 * Leslie S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of South-West Tanganyika
The Anglican Diocese of South-West Tanganyika is one of 28 dioceses within the Anglican Church of Tanzania. History It was created in 1952, its first Bishop was Leslie Stradling. After Michael Westall's return to the United Kingdom the Episcopal See An episcopal see is, in a practical use of the phrase, the area of a bishop's ecclesiastical jurisdiction. Phrases concerning actions occurring within or outside an episcopal see are indicative of the geographical significance of the term, mak ... was vacant for a time before the appointment of John Simalenga. After his death, Matthew Mhagama, who had served under Bishop Michael Westall, was appointed bishop. The office of the diocese is in the regional centre of Njombe. The diocese operates a hospital and Bible School in the outlying centre of Milo. The postal address of the diocese is PO Box 32 Njombe. References Current bishop is Matthew Mhagama Anglican Church of Tanzania dioceses Iringa Region Christian organizations ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anglican Diocese Of Masasi
The Anglican Diocese of Masasi is one of 28 dioceses within the Anglican Church of Tanzania. The diocese was created in 1926 and its first bishop was William Lucas. Another, in 1960–1968, was Trevor Huddleston. The previous bishop was Patrick Mwachiko and the current bishop, James Almasi, was consecrated on 29 September 2014. After some years of preparation, the diocese was erected by dividing the area of the Diocese of Zanzibar south of the Rufiji; the division was effected by the Universities' Mission to Central Africa The Universities' Mission to Central Africa (c.1857 - 1965) was a missionary society established by members of the Anglican Church within the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, Durham, and Dublin. It was firmly in the Anglo-Catholic tradition of t ... at their Annual General Meeting in May 1926. The Diocese of Newala was founded by dividing Masasi diocese in September 2009.http://friendsofmasasiandnewala.co.uk/ References Anglican Church of Tanza ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Translation (ecclesiastical)
Translation is the transfer of a bishop from one episcopal see to another. The word is from the Latin ', meaning "carry across" (another religious meaning of the term is the translation of relics). This can be *From suffragan bishop status to diocesan bishop *From coadjutor bishop to diocesan bishop *From one country's episcopate to another *From diocesan bishop to archbishop In Christian denominations, an archbishop is a bishop of higher rank or office. In most cases, such as the Catholic Church, there are many archbishops who either have jurisdiction over an ecclesiastical province in addition to their own archdi ... References Anglicanism Episcopacy in the Catholic Church Christian terminology {{christianity-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United Kingdom's most notable religious buildings and since Edward the Confessor, a burial site for English and, later, British monarchs. Since the coronation of William the Conqueror in 1066, all coronations of English and British monarchs have occurred in Westminster Abbey. Sixteen royal weddings have occurred at the abbey since 1100. According to a tradition first reported by Sulcard in about 1080, a church was founded at the site (then known as Thorney Island) in the seventh century, at the time of Mellitus, Bishop of London. Construction of the present church began in 1245 on the orders of Henry III. The church was originally part of a Catholic Benedictine abbey, which was dissolved in 1539. It then served as the cathedral of the Dioce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archbishop Of Canterbury
The archbishop of Canterbury is the senior bishop and a principal leader of the Church of England, the ceremonial head of the worldwide Anglican Communion and the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury. The current archbishop is Justin Welby, who was enthroned at Canterbury Cathedral on 21 March 2013. Welby is the 105th in a line which goes back more than 1400 years to Augustine of Canterbury, the "Apostle to the English", sent from Rome in the year 597. Welby succeeded Rowan Williams. From the time of Augustine until the 16th century, the archbishops of Canterbury were in full communion with the See of Rome and usually received the pallium from the pope. During the English Reformation, the Church of England broke away from the authority of the pope. Thomas Cranmer became the first holder of the office following the English Reformation in 1533, while Reginald Pole was the last Roman Catholic in the position, serving from 1556 to 1558 during the Counter-Reformation. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
