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John Willis | |
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Bishop of Uganda | |
![]() John Willis, photographed c. 1910–15 | |
Diocese | Diocese of Uganda |
In office | 1912–1934 |
Predecessor | Alfred Tucker |
Successor | Cyril Stuart |
Other post(s) | assistant bishop in Leicester |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 January 1872 |
Died | 12 November 1954 | (aged 82)
John Jamieson Willis CBE (8 November 1872 – 12 November 1954) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Uganda from 1912 to 1934 and subsequently Assistant Bishop of Leicester. [1] He and William George Peel, Bishop of Mombasa, were accused of heresy during the Kikuyu controversy.
Born on 8 November 1872, the second son of Sir William Willis, Accountant-General of the Navy, and great-grandson of Joseph Tucker, Surveyor of the Navy [2] [3] Willis was educated at Haileybury and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he took a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1894, Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1899, and Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1912. [4] [5] He was ordained in 1895 [6] and began his career with a curacy in Great Yarmouth. [7] Then he began a long period of service as a CMS missionary in Africa eventually becoming Archdeacon of Kavirondo before his appointment to the episcopate in 1912. [8] [9] In 1934 he returned to England to be Assistant Bishop of Leicester. He died on 12 November 1954.
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (February 2013) |
John Willis | |
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Bishop of Uganda | |
![]() John Willis, photographed c. 1910–15 | |
Diocese | Diocese of Uganda |
In office | 1912–1934 |
Predecessor | Alfred Tucker |
Successor | Cyril Stuart |
Other post(s) | assistant bishop in Leicester |
Personal details | |
Born | 8 January 1872 |
Died | 12 November 1954 | (aged 82)
John Jamieson Willis CBE (8 November 1872 – 12 November 1954) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Uganda from 1912 to 1934 and subsequently Assistant Bishop of Leicester. [1] He and William George Peel, Bishop of Mombasa, were accused of heresy during the Kikuyu controversy.
Born on 8 November 1872, the second son of Sir William Willis, Accountant-General of the Navy, and great-grandson of Joseph Tucker, Surveyor of the Navy [2] [3] Willis was educated at Haileybury and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he took a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1894, Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1899, and Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1912. [4] [5] He was ordained in 1895 [6] and began his career with a curacy in Great Yarmouth. [7] Then he began a long period of service as a CMS missionary in Africa eventually becoming Archdeacon of Kavirondo before his appointment to the episcopate in 1912. [8] [9] In 1934 he returned to England to be Assistant Bishop of Leicester. He died on 12 November 1954.