Cecil Alderson
Cecil William Alderson was a British-born Anglican Bishop of (successively) Damaraland, Bloemfontein, and Mashonaland.
Early life
[edit | edit source]He was born on 11 March 1900, educated at Merchant Taylors' and St John's College, Oxford, and ordained in 1926 after a period of study at Ely Theological College.
Clerical career
[edit | edit source]He began his career with a curacy at St Matthew, Westminster. From 1925 to 1930 he was Vice-Principal of his old theological college then a missionary in Likoma. In 1938 he became Warden of St Paul's College, Grahamstown, then in 1944 archdeacon of Port Elizabeth. He was bishop of Damaraland from 1949 to 1951 when he was translated to Bloemfontein.[1][2] His last post was as bishop of Mashonaland where he played a key role in the foundation of the Bernard Mizeki College from around 1958 till the time of his death.
Honours
[edit | edit source]He was admitted as a Sub-Prelate to the Order of St John of Jerusalem,[3] he died on 12 February 1968.[4]
Notes
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- ^ Lambeth Palace Library.
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- ^ The Times & Feb 14, 1968.
References
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External links
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- 1900 births
- People educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood
- Alumni of St John's College, Oxford
- Alumni of Ely Theological College
- Archdeacons of Port Elizabeth
- 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops
- Anglican bishops of Damaraland
- Anglican bishops of Bloemfontein
- Anglican bishops of Harare and Mashonaland
- 1968 deaths
- Sub-Prelates of the Venerable Order of Saint John
- Academic staff of St Paul's College, Grahamstown
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