Charles Mackenzie

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Charles Frederick Mackenzie
Bishop
Born	1825, Portmore, Peeblesshire, Scotland
Died	31 January 1862, Africa
Venerated in	Anglican Communion
Feast	31 January
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Charles Frederick Mackenzie (1825-62) was a Church of England bishop of Central Africa. He is commemorated in some Anglican Church Calendars.

He was born at Portmore, Peeblesshire, Scotland, the ninth son of Colin Mackenzie, 2nd of Portmore, and Elizabeth Forbes^[1]. In 1848, he graduated B. A. as Second Wrangler at Cambridge, where he was fellow and tutor. In 1855, he went to Natal with Bishop John Colenso. They worked among the English settlers till 1859. In 1860, Mackenzie became head of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa and he was consecrated bishop in St George's Cathedral, Cape Town, on 1 January 1861. Following Dr David Livingstones' request to Cambridge, Bishop Mackenzie took on the position of being the first missionary bishop in Malawi (Nyasaland).

Moving from Cape Town, he arrived at Chibisa’s village in June 1861 with the goal to establish a mission station at Magomero, near Zomba. Bishop Mackenzie worked among the people of the Manganja country until January 1862 when he went on a supplies trip together with a few members of his party. The boat they were travelling on, sank and as medical supplies were lost, Bishop Mackenzie’s malaria could not be treated. He died of Blackwater fever on 31 January 1862.

He has an International school named after him, which teaches children from 4 to 17 and is found in Lilongwe the capital of Malawi.

[edit] See also

Church of the Province of Central Africa‎

[edit] References

• Goodwin, Life, (second edition, Cambridge, 1865)
• This article incorporates text from an edition of the New International Encyclopedia that is in the public domain.

[edit] External links

• History of the Anglican Church in Malawi