John Vincent | |
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Bishop of Damaraland | |
Installed | 1952 |
Term ended | 1960 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1921 |
Personal details | |
Born | John Dacre Vincent 1 January 1894 |
Died | 19 May 1960 | (aged 66)
Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
The Rt Rev John Dacre Vincent MA MC and bar [1] (1 January 1894 – 19 May 1960) was the Bishop of Damaraland, [2] Namibia from 1952 to 1960. [3]
He was born on 1 January 1894, educated at Marlborough and St John's College, Oxford, [4] and ordained in 1921 [5] after World War I service with the Devonshire Regiment. [6] He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Gillingham, Dorset and was then a Minor Canon at Bloemfontein Cathedral. After this he was Vicar of Longbridge Deverill in Wiltshire [7] until 1937 when he returned to Bloemfontein as its Archdeacon, a position he held until his elevation to the episcopate.
Vincent died on 19 May 1960, aged 66. [8]
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John Vincent | |
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Bishop of Damaraland | |
Installed | 1952 |
Term ended | 1960 |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1921 |
Personal details | |
Born | John Dacre Vincent 1 January 1894 |
Died | 19 May 1960 | (aged 66)
Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
The Rt Rev John Dacre Vincent MA MC and bar [1] (1 January 1894 – 19 May 1960) was the Bishop of Damaraland, [2] Namibia from 1952 to 1960. [3]
He was born on 1 January 1894, educated at Marlborough and St John's College, Oxford, [4] and ordained in 1921 [5] after World War I service with the Devonshire Regiment. [6] He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Gillingham, Dorset and was then a Minor Canon at Bloemfontein Cathedral. After this he was Vicar of Longbridge Deverill in Wiltshire [7] until 1937 when he returned to Bloemfontein as its Archdeacon, a position he held until his elevation to the episcopate.
Vincent died on 19 May 1960, aged 66. [8]
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