Sydney Alfred Bill
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Sydney Alfred Bill was the Bishop of Bombay from 1939 until1947 [1]. He was born in 1884 and educated at Trinity College, Cambridge [2]. Ordained in 1908 his first post was as Curate at St George’s Birmingham[3]. He then emigrated to India in 1911 where he began his long association with the Lucknow Diocese, where he was successively the Bishop’s Chaplain, Canon Residentiary at All Saint’s Cathedral[4] and Archdeacon before his elevation to the Episcopate. On returning to England he was Vicar of Instow for a further 8 years.
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| Preceded by Charles John Godfrey Saunders |
Bishop of Lucknow 1939 – 1947 |
Succeeded by Charles James Gossage Robinson |
[edit] Notes
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Sep 11, 1947; pg. 6; Issue 50863; col F Ecclesiastical News Resignation of the Bishop Of Lucknow
- ^ Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ History of Parish
- ^ Cathedral history
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