Leonard Beecher
The Most Rev Leonard James Beecher CMG, ARCS, MA, DD was an Anglican archbishop[1] in the third quarter of the 20th century.[2]
He was born on 21 May 1906,[3] educated at St Olave's Grammar School and Imperial College London and ordained in 1929.[4] He was a CMS Missionary in the Diocese of Mombasa from 1930, working in the Highlands.[5] He rose in time to be Archdeacon, Canon and Assistant Bishop[6] of the Diocese before elevation to the Episcopate as Bishop of Mombasa,[7] then Archbishop of East Africa.[8] A prominent member of the Royal African Society,[9] he retired in 1970 and died on 16 December 1987. He is buried in the cemetery at All Saints, Limuru.[10]
Notes
- ^ All Saints Nairobi
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ^ Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–1941 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Gordon Hewitt, The Problems of Success: A History of the Church Missionary Society 1910-1942 (1971) Vol. I p. 132.
- ^ Ecclesiastical News Assistant Bishop In Mombasa The Times Thursday, Mar 23, 1950; pg. 8; Issue 51647; col C
- ^ The Times, Friday, Feb 27, 1953; pg. 8; Issue 52557; col E Bishop Of Mombasa
- ^ Ecclesiastical News Archbishop-Designate Of East Africa The Times Thursday, May 05, 1960; pg. 16; Issue 54763; col E
- ^ African Affiars
- ^ Photo of grave
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