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]
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| 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
- ^ National Archives
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ^ Genuki
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ Rt. Rev. L. N. Fisher Former Bishop Of Natal The Times Monday, 8 July 1963; p. 12; Issue 55747; col E
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ^ New Bishop Of Natal The Times Wednesday, 13 June 1928; p. 15; Issue 44918; col G
- ^ Michaelhouse website
- ^ The Times, Saturday, 23 September 1950; p. 6; Issue 51804; col C News in Brief
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