The Rt Rev John Dacre Vincent MA MC and bar (1 January 1894 – 19 May 1960) was the Bishop of

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, Namibia from 1952 to 1960. He was born on 1 January 1894, educated at Marlborough and

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, and ordained in 1921 after World War I service with the Devonshire Regiment. 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 until 1937 when he returned to Bloemfontein as its

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, a position he held until his elevation to the episcopate. Vincent died on 19 May 1960, aged 66. The Times, Tuesday, 24 May 1960; pg. 17; Issue 54779; col A ''Obituary Bishop of Damaraland''

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