Cecil Patterson

Cecil John Patterson CBE CMG[1] CFR (9 January 1908 – 11 April 1992) was an Anglican bishop in the mid part of the 20th century.

He was born in London, educated at St Paul's [2] and St Catharine's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1932.[3] He was a Curate at Holy Innocents, Kingsbury[4] and then a Missionary in south Nigeria before his appointment to the episcopate as Assistant Bishop (1942) then Bishop on the Niger (1945). He was ordained and consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral, on Candlemas (2 February) 1942.[5] In 1961 he became Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa.[6]

He retired in 1969 and his grave is in Richmond Cemetery.[7] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References

  1. ↑ London Gazette
  2. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  4. ↑ Picture of church
  5. ↑ "Candlemas at St. Paul's. Consecration of Bishops. (Archived; subscription only)". Church Times (#). 6 February 1942. p. 87. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 April 2017. (Subscription required (help)).
  6. ↑ National Archives
  7. ↑ Richmond Cemetery Services
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