Ambrose Reeves
The Rt Rev (Richard) Ambrose Reeves was an eminent Anglican Priest[1] and opponent of Apartheid[2] in the 20th century.
He was born on 6 December 1899[3], educated at Great Yarmouth Grammar School[4] and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and ordained, after a period of study at the College of the Resurrection at Mirfield, in 1927[5]. After a curacy at St Albans, Golders Green[6] he held incumbencies at St Margaret, Leven[7], St James Haydock and St Nicholas, Liverpool. In 1949 he was elevated to the Episcopate as the 3rd Bishop of Johannesburg [8] a post he held until 1961 when he was deported. He then continued to serve the church as an Assistant Bishop, firstly in the Diocese of London and then Chichester. A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 23 December 1980 [9]
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| Preceded by Geoffrey Hare Clayton |
Bishop of Johannesburg 1949 – 1961 |
Succeeded by Leslie Edward Stradling |
[edit] Notes
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ^ Time Magazine
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Boon, Michael. "Great Yarmouth's School". The Owl Service, 2010, p.232. ISBN 9780956751201.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Photos of church
- ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689-2000” Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8
- ^ New Bishop Of Johannesburg Canon R. A. Reeves appointed The Times Friday, Feb 25, 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51315; col C
- ^ The Times, Saturday, Dec 27, 1980; pg. 12; Issue 60811; col E Obituary The Right Rev Ambrose Reeves
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