William Carter (bishop)

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The Rt Rev William Marlborough Carter^[1], KCMG, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the late 19th and early 20th centuries^[2].
Born in July 1850^[3] and educated at Eton and Pembroke College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1974^[4]. Following curacies at Christ Church, West Bromwich^[5] and All Saints, Bakewell^[6] he was Secretary to the Eton Mission, Hackney until his elevation o the Episcopate as Bishop of Zululand in 1889. He was translated to Pretoria in 1902 and Cape Town in 1909^[7]. He died on 14 February 1941^[8]. There is a memorial to him at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town^[9].

Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by Douglas MacKenzie	Bishop of Zululand 1891 –1902	Succeeded by Wilmot Lushington Vyvyan
Preceded by Henry Brougham Bousfield	Bishop of Pretoria 1902 –1909	Succeeded by Michael Bolton Furse
Preceded by William West Jones	Archbishop of Cape Town 1909 –1930	Succeeded by Francis Robinson Phelps

[edit] Notes

^ NPG details
^ University of the Witwatersrand papers
^ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^ Genuki
^ Photo of church
^ New Archbishop Of Cape Town The Times Friday, 18 Dec 1908; pg. 13; Issue 38833; col D
^ Obituary Dr W.M. Carter The Times Saturday, 15 Feb 1941; pg. 6; Issue 48851; col F
^ Cathedral web site

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