Joost de Blank
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 |
This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. (December 2009) |
Joost de Blank (14 November 1908 – 1968) was the Archbishop of Cape Town, South Africa from 1957 to 1963 and was known as the "scourge of apartheid" for his ardent opposition to the whites-only policies of the South African government. He was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, King's College London, and Queens' College, Cambridge. de Blank was the Bishop of Stepney in London from 1952 to 1957.
De Blank was buried in Westminster Abbey.[1]
[edit] References
| Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Geoffrey Hare Clayton |
Anglican Archbishop of Cape Town 1957–1963 |
Succeeded by Robert Selby Taylor |
|
|
|||||
|
||||||||
  |
This South African biographical article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 |
This article about an individual Anglican bishop or archbishop is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
Categories:
- 1908 births
- 1968 deaths
- People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
- Alumni of King's College London
- Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- People from Cape Town
- Bishops of Stepney
- Archbishops of Cape Town
- 20th-century Anglican archbishops
- Canons of Westminster
- Burials in Westminster Abbey
- South African people stubs
- Anglican bishop stubs
