Basil William Peacey (1889–1969) was the fourth

Bishop of Lebombo The Diocese of Lebombo (pt. ''Diocese Anglicana dos Libombos'') is a diocese in the Anglican Church of Mozambique and Angola. It is one of the three Anglican dioceses of Mozambique. This diocese is the most southerly of the three, the others being ...

from 1929 until 1935. He was educated at Christ's Hospital and Leeds University. After a period of study at the

College of the Resurrection, Mirfield The College of the Resurrection, popularly known as Mirfield, is an Anglo-Catholic theological college of the Church of England in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England. The college was founded in 1902 and describes itself as "A Theological Coll ...

, Peacey was ordained in 1912. His first post was as a

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. Then he emigrated to South Africa to be ''Priest-Vicar'' of the

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. His next post was as Priest in charge of Pessene in Maputoland followed by Principal of ''St Christopher's College Hlamankulu'', where he was later appointed to the episcopate. Peacey next served as

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of Krugersdorp Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941 and then Constantia before he retired in 1954.

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1889 births People educated at Christ's Hospital Alumni of the University of Leeds Alumni of the College of the Resurrection Anglican bishops of Lebombo 1969 deaths 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops {{Anglican-bishop-stub