Leonard Fisher

The Rt Rev Leonard Noel Fisher , DD (14 December 1881 14 July 1963) was an eminent[1] Anglican Bishop in the second quarter of the twentieth century.[2]

He was educated at Oakham School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge[3] and ordained in 1905. His first post was as a Curate at St Paul’s, Hull[4] after which he was Sub-Warden of St Paul’s Theological College, Grahamstown. Later he was a temporary World War I Chaplain[5] and then held incumbencies at St Nicholas, Hull and St Matthew Grangetown.[6] In 1921 he was elevated to the Episcopate as Bishop of Lebombo. Translated to Natal[7] in 1928,[8] he served the Diocese until 1951.[9]

His brother was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 until 1961.[10]

Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by
John Latimer Fuller
Bishop of Lebombo
1921 1928
Succeeded by
Basil William Peacey
Preceded by
Frederick Samuel Baines
Bishop of Natal
1928 1951
Succeeded by
Thomas George Vernon Inman

Notes

  1. National Archives
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  3. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. Genuki
  5. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 30097. p. 5211. 26 May 1917.
  6. Rt. Rev. L. N. Fisher Former Bishop Of Natal The Times Monday, 8 July 1963; p. 12; Issue 55747; col E
  7. Anon. "Database of Manuscripts and Archives". Lambeth Palace Library Catalog. Church of England Record Centre. Retrieved 2013-10-03.
  8. New Bishop Of Natal The Times Wednesday, 13 June 1928; p. 15; Issue 44918; col G
  9. The History of Michaelhouse at the Wayback Machine (archived June 15, 2009)
  10. The Times, Saturday, 23 September 1950; p. 6; Issue 51804; col C News in Brief