John Jamieson Willis (8 November 1872 – 12 November 1954) was an Anglican bishop,

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from 1912 to 1934 and subsequently Assistant Bishop of Leicester. He and

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, Bishop of Mombasa, were accused of heresy during the

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Biography

Born on 8 November 1872, the second son of Sir William Willis, Accountant-General of the Navy, and great-grandson of Joseph Tucker, Surveyor of the Navy Willis was educated at Haileybury and

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, where he took a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1894,

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(MA Cantab) in 1899, and

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(DD) in 1912. He was ordained in 1895 and began his career with a curacy in

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. Then he began a long period of service as a

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missionary in Africa eventually becoming

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of Kavirondo before his appointment to the episcopate in 1912.National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
/ref> In 1934 he returned to England to be Assistant Bishop of Leicester. He died on 12 November 1954.

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* 1872 births 1954 deaths People educated at Haileybury and Imperial Service College Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge English Anglican missionaries Anglican archdeacons in Africa Anglican bishops of Uganda Commanders of the Order of the British Empire 20th-century Anglican bishops in Uganda Anglican missionaries in Uganda Assistant bishops of Leicester {{Uganda-Anglican-bishop-stub