Robert Kestell Kestell-Cornish (called Kestell; 18247 March 1909) was the first Bishop of Madagascar. from 1874 to 1896 He was born in 1824; educated at

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and

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; and ordained in 1847. He began his career with a

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at St Mary

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and later was

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before his appointment to the

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. Since the appointment of any

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bishop for Madagascar (i.e. by

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) was politically inexpedient, Kestell-Cornish was consecrated by bishops of the

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on 2 February 1874. On his return to England he was

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of Down St Mary. His son,

George Kestell-Cornish George Kestell-Cornish was the third Anglican Bishop of Madagascar from 1919 until his death in 1925. His father, Kestell Kestell-Cornish, having been the first Bishop of Madagascar from 1874 to 1896. He was born on 4 September 1856 and educated ...

was a later Bishop of Madagascar. The first Anglican cathedral in Antananarivo, Saint Lawrence's (in French ''Saint Laurent''), was built during his time in 1883 on the hill of Ambohimanoro. He died on 7 March 1909.

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March 09 1909 pg 13 Issue 38902 col D ''Obituary Bishop Kestell-Cornish''

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* Cathédrale Saint Laurent Ambohimanoro 1824 births People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford 20th-century Anglican bishops in Africa Anglican bishops of Madagascar 1909 deaths {{Madagascar-bio-stub