William Lucas (bishop)

William Vincent Lucas was the inaugural Bishop of Masasi during the first half of the 20th century.[1]

Born on 20 June 1883[2] and educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford and [[St Catherine's Society] in the same city, he was ordained in 1907.[3] After a curacy at St Michael's Shepton Beauchamp he went to Tanzania as a missionary. He was later the provost and sub-dean of Masasi Collegiate Church and a canon of Zanzibar before his ordination to the episcopate. He died on 8 July 1945.[4]

Religious titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment		 Bishop of Masasi
1926 - 1944		 Succeeded by
Leslie Edward Stradling

References

  1. ^ Friends of Masasi
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 9780199540877
  3. ^ The Clergy List, London, Kelly’s, 1913
  4. ^ The Times, 10 July 1945, p1, "Deaths"
Bishops of Masasi

William Vincent Lucas • Leslie Edward Stradling • Wilfrid Lewis Mark Way • Ernest Urban Trevor Huddleston • Gayo Hilary Chisonga • Cecil Richard Norgate • Patrick Mwachiko  •
Churches in the Anglican Communion