Edward Etheridge
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The Rt Revd Edward Harold Etheridge | |
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Bishop of St John's | |
Church | Anglican |
Province | Southern Africa |
Diocese | Diocese of St John's |
The Rt Revd 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.
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 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Rt. Rev. E. H. Etheridge (Obituaries) The Times Tuesday, Sep 21, 1954; pg. 10; Issue 53042; col E