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]

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