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Jean Rigal Elisée (20 September 1927 – 20 September 2017) was an
Episcopalian 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 l ...
bishop in the Gambia and surrounding areas in the last third of the 20th century. Elisée was born in
Léogâne Léogâne ( ht, Leyogàn) is one of the List of communes of Haiti, coastal communes in Haiti. It is located in the eponymous Léogâne Arrondissement, which is part of the Ouest (department), Ouest Department. The port town is located about we ...
. He was educated at
Episcopal Divinity School The Episcopal Divinity School (EDS) is a theological school in New York City that trains students for service with the Episcopal Church. It is affiliated with the Union Theological Seminary. Students who enroll in the EDS at Union Anglican st ...
, Philadelphia. He was ordained deacon and priest in 1952. He served in
Haiti Haiti (; ht, Ayiti ; French: ), officially the Republic of Haiti (); ) and formerly known as Hayti, is a country located on the island of Hispaniola in the Greater Antilles archipelago of the Caribbean Sea, east of Cuba and Jamaica, and ...
and
Monrovia Monrovia () is the capital city of the West African country of Liberia. Founded in 1822, it is located on Cape Mesurado on the Atlantic coast and as of the 2008 census had 1,010,970 residents, home to 29% of Liberia’s total population. As the ...
. Elisée was
Bishop of Gambia and the Rio Pongas The Diocese of Gambia and Guinea was founded in 1935 and had been renamed the Diocese of Gambia and The Rio Pongas by 1940. Today it is simply styled the Diocese of Gambia, is one of 17 dioceses in the Church of the Province of West Africa, and com ...
from 1972 to 1986.'' Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82'' p294 London:
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, 1983


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1927 births 2017 deaths Episcopal Divinity School alumni Anglican bishops of Gambia and the Rio Pongas American Episcopal clergy American expatriates in Haiti American expatriates in Liberia American expatriates in the Gambia 20th-century American Episcopalians {{Anglican-bishop-stub