Clarence Edward Crowther (known as Edward; 4 March 1929 – 26 June 2021) was the sixth Anglican bishop of Kimberley and Kuruman who on appointment was its youngest bishop.

Biography

Born in Bradford on 4 March 1929 he was educated at the

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, where he obtained a BA in 1950,

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in 1952, and

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in 1953 and at

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for one year (1955/56). Crowther taught criminal and constitutional law at Exeter College, Oxford, in 1952–55. He was ordained

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in 1956 and

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the following year, serving as curate at St. Philip and St. James' Church, Oxford, in 1956–58. After a preaching tour in the

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and a period (1959–64) as a

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chaplain at the

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, he became

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of St Cyprian's Cathedral, Kimberley, in

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in September 1964, and then its diocesan bishop in 1965. Crowther was consecrated bishop in

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on 14 November, and he was formally enthroned in St. Cyprian's Cathedral on 29 November 1965. Two years later he was expelled from the country for his opposition to

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. In 1970 he returned to

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as assistant bishop and obtained a doctorate.

Works

* Where Religion Gets Lost in the Church * The Face of Apartheid * Religious Trusts: Their Development, Scope and Meaning * Care Versus Cure in the Treatment of the Terminally Ill * Intimacy: Strategies for Successful Relationships During part of his retirement he lived in France”The Episcopal Clerical Directory.” New York: Church Publishing 2005 before returning to California.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Crowther, Edward 1929 births 2021 deaths People from Bradford South African people of English descent Alumni of the University of Leeds Anglican bishops of Kimberley and Kuruman Deans of Kimberley 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops