Bruce Evans | |
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Bishop of Port Elizabeth | |
Church | Anglican |
Diocese | Port Elizabeth |
In office | 1975 – 1993 |
Predecessor | Philip Russell |
Successor | Eric Pike |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1957 |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 November 1929 |
Died | 25 August 1993 Port Elizabeth | (aged 63)
Bruce Read Evans (1929 – 1993) was an Anglican bishop [1] and author in the 20th century.
He was educated at King Edward School, Johannesburg and the University of the Witwatersrand [2] and ordained in 1957. [3] He held curacies at Holy Trinity, Redhill, Surrey [4] and St Paul's, Portman Square. He was curate-in charge at St Luke's, Diep River, Cape. He held incumbencies at Christ Church, Kenilworth, Cape Town and St John's, Wynberg, Cape Town, before his ordination to the episcopate [5] as the second Bishop of Port Elizabeth. He died in post.
Among other books, he wrote I Will Heal their Land, 1974; The Earth is the Lord’s, 1975; Facing the New Challenges, 1978; and The Church and the Alternative Society, 1979 [6][ citation needed]
Bruce Evans | |
---|---|
Bishop of Port Elizabeth | |
Church | Anglican |
Diocese | Port Elizabeth |
In office | 1975 – 1993 |
Predecessor | Philip Russell |
Successor | Eric Pike |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1957 |
Personal details | |
Born | 10 November 1929 |
Died | 25 August 1993 Port Elizabeth | (aged 63)
Bruce Read Evans (1929 – 1993) was an Anglican bishop [1] and author in the 20th century.
He was educated at King Edward School, Johannesburg and the University of the Witwatersrand [2] and ordained in 1957. [3] He held curacies at Holy Trinity, Redhill, Surrey [4] and St Paul's, Portman Square. He was curate-in charge at St Luke's, Diep River, Cape. He held incumbencies at Christ Church, Kenilworth, Cape Town and St John's, Wynberg, Cape Town, before his ordination to the episcopate [5] as the second Bishop of Port Elizabeth. He died in post.
Among other books, he wrote I Will Heal their Land, 1974; The Earth is the Lord’s, 1975; Facing the New Challenges, 1978; and The Church and the Alternative Society, 1979 [6][ citation needed]