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Leonard James Beecher CMG (21 May 1906 – 16 December 1987) was an English-born Anglican archbishop.[1] He was the first archbishop of the Province of East Africa , comprising Kenya and Tanzania , from 1960 to 1970.
Education and training [ edit ]
He was educated at St. Olave's Grammar School and Imperial College London and ordained in 1929.[2] [3] [4]
Missionary in Africa [ edit ]
He was a missionary of the Church Mission Society in the Diocese of Mombasa from 1930, working in the Highlands.[5] He was appointed Archdeacon of Mombasa and a Canon (both 1945–1953)[6] and an Assistant Bishop of Mombasa :[7] he was consecrated a bishop on St James 's Day 1950 (25 July) by Geoffrey Fisher , Archbishop of Canterbury , at St Paul's Cathedral .[8] He became diocesan Bishop of Mombasa in 1953[9] and — additionally — Archbishop of the Province of East Africa , from 1960 to 1970:[10] he was elected (by the House of Bishops of the province-to-be)[11] to serve as the first archbishop in April 1960[12] and installed by Geoffrey Fisher , Archbishop of Canterbury , at the new province's inauguration service on 3 August 1960 at Dar-es-Salaam .[13]
Later life [ edit ]
A prominent member of the Royal African Society ,[14] he retired in 1970 and died on 16 December 1987. He is buried in the cemetery at All Saints, Limuru .[15]
References [ edit ]
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–1941 Oxford, OUP ,1941
^ "Archbishop Beecher" . Church Times . No. 6515. 24 December 1987. p. 12. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 28 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ Gordon Hewitt, The Problems of Success: A History of the Church Missionary Society 1910-1942 (1971) Vol. I p. 132.
^ "Beecher, Leonard James" . Who's Who . A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
^ Ecclesiastical News Assistant Bishop in Mombasa The Times Thursday, 23 March 1950; p. 8; Issue 51647; col C
^ "Consecations at St Paul's" . Church Times . No. 4564. 28 July 1950. p. 558. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 28 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ The Times , Friday, 27 February 1953; p. 8; Issue 52557; col E Bishop Of Mombasa
^ Ecclesiastical News Archbishop-Designate Of East Africa The Times Thursday, 5 May 1960; p. 16; Issue 54763; col E
^ "Primate's Summer Tour of New East African Province" . Church Times . No. 5074. 13 May 1960. p. 14. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 28 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "New Primate of East Africa" . Church Times . No. 5073. 6 May 1960. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 28 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
^ "Inauguration of New Church Province of East Africa" . Church Times . No. 5087. 12 August 1960. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 28 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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