Cecil Patterson (bishop)

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. He trained for ordination at Bishops' College, Cheshunt[3] and was ordained deacon in 1931 and priest in 1932.[4] He was a Curate at Holy Innocents, Kingsbury[5] (1931–34) 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.[6] In 1961 he became Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa.[7]

He retired in 1969 and his grave is in Richmond Cemetery.[8] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References

  1. ^ "London Gazette" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-06-12. Retrieved 2009-08-31.
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 741.
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. ^ Picture of church
  6. ^ "Candlemas at St. Paul's. Consecration of Bishops". Church Times. 6 February 1942. p. 87. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ National Archives
  8. ^ Richmond Cemetery Services[permanent dead link‍]


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