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'''Edmund Michael Hubert Capper''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|OBE}} (12 March 1908 – 6 March 1998) was an [[Anglican]] [[bishop]]<ref>[http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/inventory.php?iid=7526 University of the Witwatersrand]</ref> Born on 12 March 1908, and educated at [[St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath]] and [[Durham University]],<ref>[[Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]] London, [[A & C Black]], 2007,  {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} [https://doi.org/10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U177388]</ref>  he was [[ordained]] in 1933.<ref>[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]]1940-41 Oxford, [[OUP]],1941</ref> Following a [[Curate|curacy]] at St Mary [[Strood]], he emigrated to [[Africa]] where he was a [[Missionary|Mission Priest]] at Luatala with Canon Donald Parsons, before promotion to be the [[Archdeacon]] of [[Dar es Salaam]] then [[Provost (religion)|Provost]] of its cathedral. In 1968, he became [[Diocese of St Helena|Bishop of St Helena]],<ref>New Bishop Of St. Helena [[The Times]] Thursday, Feb 09, 1967; pg. 13; Issue 56861; col G</ref> a post he held 1973.<ref>The Times, Friday, Nov 30, 1973; pg. 11; Issue 58952; col A Church News</ref> He was an assistant bishop of the [[Diocese in Europe]] in 1988.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Declaration of Unity, Witness and Mission | archive = SUPP_1988_07_01_001 | issue = AAMBIT 3 | date = 1 July 1988 | page = 1 | accessed = 22 July 2019 }}</ref> He died on 6 March 1998, as an honorary assistant bishop in the [[Anglican Diocese of Southwark|Diocese of Southwark]].<ref>[http://www.southwark.anglican.org/thebridge/9804/page09.htm#2 The Bridge – April 1998]</ref>

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