Basil Peacey
Basil William Peacey (1889 – 1969) was the fourth Bishop of Lebombo[1] from 1929 until 1935.[2] He was educated at Christ’s Hospital and Leeds University.[3] After a period of study at the College of the Resurrection in Mirfield, Peacey was ordained in 1912. His first post was as a Curate in Hull. Then he emigrated to South Africa to be Priest-Vicar of the Grahamstown Cathedral. His next post was as Priest in charge of Pessene in Maputoland followed by Principal of St Christopher’s College Hlamankulu, where he was later elevated to the Episcopate.[4] Peacey next served as Rector of Krugersdorp[5] and then Constantia before he retired in 1954.
Notes
- ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ↑ New Bishop Of Lebombo The Times Tuesday, Jun 25, 1929; pg. 16; Issue 45238; col F
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ University of the Witwatersrand
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
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| Preceded by Leonard Noel Fisher |
Bishop of Lemombo 1929 – 1935 |
Succeeded by Dennis Victor |
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