Edward Harold Etheridge
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Edward Harold Etheridge(1872-1954) was the 4th Bishop of St John's in what was then known as Kaffraria and is now Mthatha[1]. Educated at Marlborough and Keble College, Oxford[2] he was ordained in 1895. He began his career with curacies at Kensington and Slough before emigrating to begin missionary work in Mashonaland. Subsequently the area’s Archdeacon and additionally a Honorary Canon of St Mary's Cathedral in Salisbury (now Harare) he was elevated to the Episcopate in 1923 and served his mainly rural diocese for twenty years, followed by a further seven as Chancellor of the Anglican Diocese of Grahamstown. A “quiet, unassuming prelate devoted to his diocese” [3]he died on 16 September 1954.
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| Preceded by Joseph Watkin Williams |
Bishop of St John's 1923 – 1943 |
Succeeded by Theodore Sumner Gibson |
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[edit] Notes
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Dec 27, 1923; pg. 12; Issue 43533; col E New Bishop of St John’s
- ^ “Who was Who 1897-1990” London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ Rt. Rev. E. H. Etheridge (Obituaries) The Times Tuesday, Sep 21, 1954; pg. 10; Issue 53042; col E
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